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	03-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists progeny [ PROJ-uh'-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. offspring, descendants or young ones 2. a product, result or issue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their progeny was destined for stardom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even for the best sire that has ever stood in Europe, which is probably Sadler's Wells, less than 60 per cent of his progeny would have won a race by the end of their three year old career," said Philip Freedman, chairman of the Throroughbred Breeders' Association. Telegraph, High price may not make champion horse, By Roger Highfield, 19/12/2007   patrimony [ PA-truh'-moh-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an inheritance from one's father or male ancestor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wealthy industrialist set aside a patrimony fund for his children which they would receive when they reached the age of 21.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But while the politicians are considering a "patrimony" fund, to set money aside for future generations, many islanders are clamouring for new facilities to be built straight away. The Telegraph, Drilling for oil to start in Falkland Islands, By Jasper Copping, 09 Mar 2008   impregnable [ im-PREG-nuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unassailable, invincible or unconquerable 2. capable of being impregnated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impregnable Daulatabad fort has only been captured by treachery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A weekend poll giving the Conservatives a 7% lead over Labour and their best showing since before Black Wednesday merely illustrates what we already knew: that the floating voters of the English marginals want to be reassured that their expensive homes are as impregnable against the tax collector as any castle. The Herald, Simple steps to regain trust   megalomania [ meg-uh'-loh-MEY-nee-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a mental ailment characterised by delusions of wealth, power or greatness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It would probably be correct to arrive at the conclusion that most great men suffer from a sense of megalomania.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Could we have a better definition of derangement and megalomania than the case of a dictator who overrules his own generals and invades Russia in wintertime … ?" Chronicles Magazine, Was the Holocaust Inevitable?, by Patrick J. Buchanan   lugubrious [ loo-GOO-bree-uh' s, -GYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   sad, gloomy or mournful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A lugubrious cloud seemed to settle over the mansion with solemn faces being visible everywhere.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite its lugubrious title which reflects India's place in the football arena today, this book of essay is not a long lament. THE TIMESOF INDIA, Fish, football and Saddam Hussein, 1 Jul 2006   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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