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	07-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ignoramus [ ig-nuh'-REY-muh' s, -RAM-uh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an absolutely ignorant person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A captain of industry position is not for the ill educated or an ignoramus.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Apart from Shilparamam, which holds little interest for a bachelor and art ignoramus like me, this city is not even half as happening as neighbouring Bangalore The Times Of India, New Year looks dull for city, Revathy Menon, 15 Dec 2003, TNN   abrogate [ AB-ruh'-geyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The CPI(M) party's plea to the Congress to abrogate the India-US nuclear deal fell on deaf ears.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Demanding unilateral changes and threatening to abrogate an agreement that has increased trade and prosperity is nothing more than retreating behind protectionist walls. CNN, McCain speech on relationship between U.S. and Canada, June 27, 2008   hoyden [ HOID-n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a boisterous, carefree, bold girl   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her roles in films as a hoyden made her hugely popular.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The only man who has ever attracted her was Hugo Stratton--a handsome, laughter-loving young man who treated Emma like a lady rather than the grubby little hoyden she was. Marrying the Major, By Joanna Maitland   frump [ fruhmp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an unattractive, drab woman or girl 2. an old-fashioned, staid person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   German Chancellor Angela Merkel may come across as a bit of a frump with her dowdy attire and hair style but she is one of the most respected heads of state Germany has ever produced.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The band, whose website defines a frump as "an unappreciated woman", describes itself an "all-mum garage band" and "group of women who need to make some noise". The Telegraph, 'Mom rock' will teach the punks a thing or two, By Catherine Elsworth, 18 Jul 2005   facsimile [ fak-SIM-uh'-lee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an exact copy 2. a system or device for transmitting and reproducing exact replicas of documents, photographs, etc. by means of radio signals or through telephone lines 3. (adj.) duplicate or reproduced exactly like the original   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Facsimile copies of Vincent Van Gogh's painting, "The Sunflowers" are so popular that they can be found adorning the walls of offices and living rooms all over the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But there are many facsimile copies of the Lincoln documents that remain to be discovered in trunks, behind framed pictures, within the pages of a book or some other unusual place. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Facsimile Documents   Spelled Pronunciation Key Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper [NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ] CONSONANTS [b] boy, baby, rob [d] do, ladder, bed [f] food, offer, safe [g] get, bigger, dog [h] happy, ahead [j] jump, budget, age [k] can, speaker, stick [l] let, follow, still [m] make, summer, time [n] no, dinner, thin [ng] singer, think, long [p] put, apple, cup [r] run, marry, far, store [s] sit, city, passing, face [sh] she, station, push [t] top, better, cat [ch] church, watching, nature, witch [th] thirsty, nothing, math [th'] this, mother, breathe [v] very, seven, love [w] wear, away [hw] where, somewhat [y] yes, onion [z] zoo, easy, buzz [zh] measure, television, beige   VOWELS [a] apple, can, hat [ey] aid, hate, day [ah] arm, father, aha [air] air, careful, wear [aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw [e] ever, head, get [ee] eat, see, need [eer] ear, hero, beer [er] teacher, afterward, murderer [i] it, big, finishes [ahy] I, ice, hide, deny [o] odd, hot, woffle [oh] owe, road, below [oo] ooze, food, soup, sue [oo'] good, book, put [oi] oil, choice, toy [ou] out, loud, how [uh] up, mother, mud [uh'] about, animal, problem, circus [ur] early, bird, stirring   FOREIGN SOUNDS [a*] Fr. ami [kh*] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich [œ] Fr. feu, Ger. schön [r*] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe [uh*] Fr. oeuvre [y*] Fr. tu, Ger. über   SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS [an*] Fr. bien [ahn*] Fr. croissant [awn*] Fr. bon [œn*] Fr. parfum [in*] Port. 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