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	26-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists recreant [ REK-ree-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cowardly, gutless or craven 2. (adj.) unfaithful, treacherous or traitorous 3. (n.) one who is cowardly or gutless 4. (n.) a deserter, traitor, renegade or unfaithful person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Recreant acts can cause an army to lose the battle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the jobs of the prefects at my school was to summon the junior boys to be thrashed; and I remember being appalled to listen to the blubbing pleas of some recreant, as he was given 12 strokes. Telegraph, Our teachers are defenceless in class, By Boris Johnson, 12/02/2004   obscurantism [ uh' b-SKYOO' R-uh' n-tiz-uh' m, ob-skyoo'-RAN-tiz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. opposition to human progress 2. practice of withholding some information from the public by being vague   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Obscurantism- resulting out of spite and ignorance- is the main factor impeding progress in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Perhaps the wilful obscurantism and dreadful English that now afflict humanities faculties in Britain as elsewhere have eroded their influence outside the academy. Economist, Bagehot: On plain speaking, Oct 25th 2007   macabre [ muh'-KAH-bruh', -KAHB, -KAH-ber ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. gruesome; ghastly; horrifying 2. of, or pertaining to death or its ghastly aspect 3. representing or suggesting death itself   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The macabre story of the 'Tandoor murder'- in which a politician hacked his wife to pieces and attempted to burn them in a tandoor- chilled the nation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This macabre on-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel is a gripping treat for both kids and adults. Reader's Digest, Top 20 Scary Halloween Movies, Chandni Jhunjhunwala   somber [ SOM-ber ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dim, gloomy or dull 2. having a dark hue or colour 3. dismal, melancholic or despondent 4. grim, grave or solemn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His somber expression indicated that the operation had been unsuccessful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Humorless guards ensure that the line moves swiftly and the atmosphere remains somber at Vladimir Lenin's resting place; his embalmed body has been on view since his death in 1924. National Geographic, Best of Moscow: Must-Dos   revulsion [ ri-VUHL-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an unexpected or impulsive transformation of mood 2. distaste, repugnance or abhorrence 3. withdrawal 4. (medicine) decrease of horrible activity in a part of the body by causing an irritation in another part of the body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The revulsion felt by the detective made him all the more angry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They expressed their revulsion to Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win over reports that the demonstrations in Myanmar are being suppressed by violent force and that there has been a number of fatalities. CNN, U.S. freezes assets, restricts travel of Myanmar junta, September 27, 2007   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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