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	19-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists propitious [ pruh'-PISH-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. favourable conditions 2. favourable signs or omens; auspicious 3. favourably disposed or inclined   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The propitious weather in April and May in South Africa was one of the main reasons why the IPL T20 league was held in that country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Poverty, unemployment, civil disorder, political repression and gender and racial discrimination make for an all too propitious environment for traffickers' exploitation of vulnerable people. CNN, Human trafficking on the rise, July 5, 2001   revere [ ri-VEER ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to honour, respect or look up to in awe 2. (n.) revers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The saint was revered throughout the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yul Brynner's portrayal of an earlier monarch, the revered King Mongkut, or Rama IV, cannot be seen in Thailand. BBC, Thailand's 'Soul of the Nation', By John Murphy, 27 November, 2002   prattle [ PRAT-l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to talk or chatter in silly, childish manner 2. (tr. v.) to chatter, speak childishly or babble 3. (n.) silly talk or a chattering sound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She prattled till they asked her to stop talking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We prattle about the beautiful scenery, the warm hospitality shown by everyone we meet and the progress the Kurds are making in rebuilding their nation. The Economist, Mountains and waterfalls, Jul 11th 2008   pejorative [ pi-JAWR-uh'-tiv, -JOR-, PEJ-uh'-rey-, PEE-juh'- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) derogatory, insulting or belittling 2. (adj.) worsening or declining 3. (n.) an expression or word that is pejorative or derogatory in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their pejorative words led the poor man committing suicide.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When governments are described as pursuing populist policies the adjective is often intended to be pejorative. The Herald, A punishing schedule, August 23 2007   laudable [ LAW-duh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   deserving praise and commendation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Bill Gates's philanthropic work in poor countries is laudable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Launching a drive to clean up the city streets is a laudable exercise. National Geographic , Opinion:The Vanishing Girls of India , Seema Sirohi, July 31, 2001   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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