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	20-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists jugular [ JUHG-yuh'-ler, JOO-gyuh- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) large veins in the neck that bring blood back from the brain 2. (n.) a vital part, vulnerable to attack 3. (adj.) of or having to do with the throat or neck 4. (adj.) of or having to do with the jugular vein   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prosecuting lawyer went for the jugular by questioning the credibility of the witness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hated Ian Huntley was terror-struck as a lag held a blade to his throat and "went for his jugular". The Sun, Prisoner went for his jugular, JOHN ASKILL, 14 Oct 2006   Machiavellian [ mak-ee-uh'-VEL-ee-uh' n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. of or pertaining to Machiavelli 2. suggestive or marked by the principles analysed by Machiavelli especially those concerned with deceit, cunning or expediency   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Politicians often resort to Machiavellian methods in order to get votes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So despite my VCR blues, I'm hanging in there, while overlooking occasional plot lapses (instead of launching a Machiavellian scheme to undermine Jack's efforts, why don't the homicidal bad guys merely kill him when they have the chance?) that baffle me probably because I'm not up on every nuance. Newsday, From the Los Angeles Times - Miss an hour, and you've cut into '24', By Howard Rosenberg   fervid [ FUR-vid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. highly passionate or vehement; showing great fervour 2. extremely hot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fervid crowd greeted the six hit by the home team batsman with a loud roar that could probably be heard several miles away.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nationalist sentiment is often both fervid and genuine; but it is also sometimes channeled and manipulated by an adept Chinese government for political ends. International Herald Tribune, Nationalist fervor in China is backed by anger, By Ted Plafker, June 27, 2008   precipice [ PRES-uh'-pis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a very steep, vertical cliff 2. a perilous or dangerous predicament or situation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Successfully climbing the precipice was every rock climbers dream.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   AIG said the company was "disappointed" that competitors were trying to take advantage of the situation, stressing that the mortgage losses that left AIG's parent company on a financial precipice had not undercut policyholders' surplus. abc News, AIG Shares Fall on Government Stake Deal, By Lilla Zuill, September 24, 2008   importune [ im-pawr-TOON, -TYOON, im-PAWR-chuh 'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to beg, urge or demand repeatedly 2. (intr. v.) to immorally request or make advances   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The beggar's importune methods made the man part with a coin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But there was no question ever of the Centre or the state government engaging its spokesmen or despatching interlocutors to importune them for meetings. The Times of India, THE LEADER ARTICLE: Valley's New Voice: Hurriyat Doesn't Represent Kashmiri Aspirations, Anand K Sahay, 7 Dec 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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