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	06-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists florid [ FLAWR-id, FLOR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ornate; flowery 2. ruddy; having a rosy blush 3. (archaic) healthy 3. (obsolete) covered with or abounding in flowers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His stout physique, florid complexion and benign disposition bespoke of an inner contentment rarely seen these days.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The knob is a dome of bald rock and florid rhododendrons crowning Roan Mountain that thrusts into the blue Tennessee sky like a giant granite egg. National Geographic, One Day at a Time on the Five-Million-Step Program , June/July 2004   prodigal [ PROD-i-guh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) extravagance, a wasteful luxuriant or spendthrift 2. (adj.) extravagant, wasteful or lavish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prodigal heir to the Duchy of Brentword was famous for his debts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now the folks from whom we borrowed to buy all that oil and all those cars, electronics and clothes are coming to buy the country we inherited. We are prodigal sons, and the day of reckoning approaches. Chronicles magzine, Subprime Nation, by Patrick J. Buchanan   malefactor [ MAL-uh'-fak-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a criminal, evildoer, felon, or one who harms another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Due to insufficient evidence the malefactor was acquitted by the court.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Offences involving food adulteration are non-cognisable and result in minimal fine. The malefactor is free to go back to his illicit trade with impunity. DNA, Good Move, January 15, 2008   garner [ GHAR-ner ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to collect, accumulate or hoard 2. (n.) granary or storage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the potatoes were uprooted, farmers took it to a cold storage to garner.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver is poised to garner even more international attention. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vancouver   castigate [ KAS-ti-geyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to punish, criticize, or admonish severely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Arab world and fellow Muslim countries should castigate Pakistan for conducting terrorist activities on Indian soil.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Newspapers in the Arab world castigate Israel for the assault on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters. BBC, Arab press rails at Sharon, 31 March, 2002   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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