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	09-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists digressive [ di-GRES-iv, dahy- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   departing from the main subject; rambling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His tendency to be digressive during Group discussions and interviews conducted by management institutes prevented him from securing a seat in any of the reputed business schools in the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His black eye brows, robust laugh, digressive way of asking questions, clipped speech pattern and chain-smoking made for a distinctive send-up. BBC, Talk show host Snyder dies at 71, 31 July 2007   ignoble [ ig-NOH-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not belonging to the nobility; of humble rank or lineage 2. base; low; of inferior grade   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His ignoble purposes were soon revealed and he was asked to leave the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A year later he declared himself Emperor Napoleon III, bringing an ignoble end to the Third Republic. The Economist, Historical background: Watery beginnings   rescind [ ri-SIND ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to repeal, abrogate, annul, invalidate or make void   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has decided to rescind the hike in petroleum prices that it announced a week ago, after large scale protests by industry associations and the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said the protests would not cease in the state, racked by an insurgency against India's rule, until the land transfer was formally rescinded. The Khaleej Times, 30 hurt as row over land to Hindus widens in Indian Kashmir, 30 June 2008   incumbent [ in-KUHM-buh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) holding a specified office or position 2. (adj.) obligatory; imposed upon as duty 3. (archaic) resting, lying or leaning on something (n.) one who holds a position or ecclesiastical benefice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The incumbent Prime Minister will be responsible for initiating the second generation of economic reforms that had been previously stymied by the communists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The incumbent will be responsible for flight planning and the monitoring of flight movements. Jet 8 Airline, Vacancy for flight control officer, 16 May, 2008   perfunctory [ per-FUHNGK-tuh'-ree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. superficial; performed just for the sake of duty or routine 2. lacking interest or enthusiasm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He made a perfunctory visit at his aunt's funeral.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While Dutroux's house was searched five months after the tip-off, it appears to have been a perfunctory visit. Nothing was found. The Telegraph, Judge tells of murder plots to block Dutroux investigation, By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 05 Mar 2004   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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