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	04-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nascent [ NAS-uh' nt, NEY-suh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having recently developed or emerged   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The nascent policy is being hailed as an important one.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Each unit of the nascent Indonesian forces had to finance itself and any method—even smuggling and drug-trafficking—was acceptable. Economist, Indonesia's army: Going out of business, Oct 2nd 2008   insurrection [ in-suh'-REK-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a rebellion, uprising or revolt against authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mahatma Gandhi's popular insurrection against the British broke the back of the British empire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The imprisoned East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao has called for a popular insurrection against Indonesia. BBC, World: Asia-Pacific Timorese leader calls for 'rebellion', April 5, 1999   sportive [ SPAWR-tiv, SPOHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. frolicsome, playful or merry 2. pertaining to or of sports 3. (archaic.) wanton, amorous or ardent 4. (biology) mutative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People did not take him seriously because of his sportive attitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A senior graduate of School of Arts and Sciences at the LUMS, Kehkashan Beenish Khan remarked, "We have this `Daku Day' wherein seniors dressed as dacoits try to steal foodstuff or cash that the juniors may be having in a sportive manner." The Times of India, A new high on Indo-Pak front, Amit Kr Chanda, TNN, 16 Aug 2004   rustic [ RUHS-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) rural or pertaining to the countryside 2. (adj.)simple, unsophisticated or lacking elegance 3. (adj.) made by using rough wood 4. (n.) persons who belong to rural locales 5. (n.) unsophisticated or simple persons   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rustic countryside was attractive.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Stepping into the Grassroots Cafe's minimalist interior, you find beige brick walls, rustic wooden tables, a flagstone floor, and not much else. The Herald, City cafe is taking innovative food back to its roots, GAVIN PORTER   impassive [ im-PAS-iv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apathetic, expressionless or insensible 2. placid, serene or calm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Headmaster's impassive face did not reveal what punishment he had in store for the errant school boy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Much of the credit for this must go to the performers, particularly the soprano Susan Bickley, whose bleached-out impassive tone was the perfect counterfoil to the music's fevered intensity. Telegraph, Bold programming delivers naivety and intensity, 26/01/2004   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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