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	16-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists bulwark [ BOO' L-werk, -wawrk, BUHL- ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a solid wall built for defence; a rampart 2. (n.) something serving as a strong support or protection 3. (n.) breakwater 4. (n.) (usu. plural) the side of a ship above the upper deck 5. (tr. v.) to fortify or protect with a bulwark   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Great wall of China- built as a bulwark against invading Mongols- is one of the greatest engineering feats of all time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clinton hopes Texas will serve as a bulwark against Obama's wave of growing political support. CNN, Obama faces fire from Clinton, McCain, 14 February, 2008   prodigious [ pruh'-DIJ-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. wonderful, amazing or marvellous 2. monstrous or huge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The steam engine was considered to be a prodigious invention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lessing's prodigious writing skills are all the more impressive since they are largely self-taught. CNN, Doris Lessing: Born into stories, By Fei Phoon and Mairi Mackay, August 11, 2008   distrait [ di-STREY; Fr. dees-TR*E ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   distracted, inattentive esp. due to some anxiety or worry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His distrait nature was reflected in his poor performance at work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is Wenger's fault, in any case, that Ashley has become so terribly distrait and disillusioned with life. Times Online, Rod Liddle: A match made in heaven, August 6, 2006   lackey [ LAK-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a liveried male servant; a footman 2. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage ; a toady   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The press did not report on the minister's speech since they knew he was only a lackey of the Chief Minister.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For example, he could channel more federal money into decentralised trusts and so bypass the state governors and their lackeys altogether. Economist, Nigeria:Mission impossible, nearly, Aug 2nd 2007   fetid [ FET-id, FEE-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having an offensive, unpleasant smell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fetid alley with its smell of garbage and human waste persuaded us to find another route.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many New Orleans streets are still filled with stagnant, fetid waters streaked with iridescent oil and smelling of garbage, human waste and death. CNN, Pumps sucking water from flooded city, September 6, 2005   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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