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	07-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mendicant [ MEN-di-kuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a beggar; pauper 2.(n.) a member of a religious order who collects alms for a living and is forbidden to own any property or wealth 3. (adj.) begging; subsisting on alms   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sheer number of mendicants in the city was depressing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To delay its repayments may send the wrong signal to the capital markets, it fears, suggesting that Thailand is a mendicant country unable to carry its debts. The Economist, Debt freeze for the tsunami-hit countries, Jan 12th 2005   raze [ reyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. destroy, demolish or tear down 2. (archaic) to erase, scrape off or shave off   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The illegal constructions were razed to the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   New York's original Pennsylvania Station, a similarly grand, classically-inspired structure, was razed in 1964. CNN, Washington's Union Station celebrates 100 years, October 2, 2008   jujitsu [  joo-JIT-soo ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a form of martial arts that makes use of blows, throws, etc. but not weapons to fight and makes use of the opponent's weight and strength against them   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ancient martial arts form of Jujitsu was first developed by the Samurai in Japan and today can boast of many derived forms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The churches did roaring business on the back of "The Passion of the Christ" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"; they hope to do the same, with the aid of a bit of jujitsu, with Mr Brown's offering. Economist, Love thine enemy, May 18th 2006   miasma [ mahy-AZ-muh', mee- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. unhealthy, often hazardous fumes that cause disease and were formerly believed to emanate from bogs or swamps 2. a thick, vaporous emission or atmosphere 3. a bad, unhealthy or noxious influence or environment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is mandatory for workers in coal fields to wear chemical masks to protect them from the lethal miasma of ammonia gas.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forget about the murky miasma of an election year for a minute. Look at the rungs up the document ladder of what we are pleased to call democracy: the Bill of Rights; the Constitution; the Declaration of Independence. CNN, A cornerstone of the world, By Adam Dunn, July 8, 2004   scurrilous [ SKUR-uh-luh s, SKUHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   foul, vulgar, indecent or obscene   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scurrilous behaviour displayed by the teenagers caused them to be arrested.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said Ms Lewsley had made "scurrilous and ill-informed allegations against the NASUWT". BBC, Union in legal threat to Lewsley, 20 October 2008   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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