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	08-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists slaked [ sleyk ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to quench or satiate a desire or craving 2. (tr.v.) to rejuvenate or invigorate 3. (tr.v.) to disintegrate lime by hydrating it 4. (tr.v.) to curb or diminish 5. (intr.v.) to cause lime to undergo slaking by hydration 6. (intr.v.) to abate or curb   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He slaked his thirst by drinking an entire bottle of cold water.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This unstable material is then "slaked" in a water bath (a violent chemical reaction during which the rock turns to lime putty). Telegraph, Property in Hampshire: Old Ship happy to live off the land, Anna Tyzack, 08 Aug 2008   mendacious [ men-DEY-shuh 's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disposed to lying and dishonesty; untruthful 2. false; untrue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The child's mendacious ways infuriated his parents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not mendacious, Bernstein said. "It is a self-portrait as she would like to see herself, but it has very little to do with the full reality of her life." CNN, Bernstein dissects Hillary Clinton   inscrutable [ in-SKROO-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. mysterious, enigmatic or obscure 2. difficult to understand or interpret   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His inscrutable theories were difficult to comprehend.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ever since that decisive No. 1 draft in the NBA, Yao has become China's most famous sports icon, projecting an image of youth, vigor and greatness to a Western world that had long viewed the Chinese as "inscrutable". CNN, Shooting high, bouncing back: Yao Ming, August 6, 2008   masticate [ MAS-ti-keyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to grind or crush food; chew 2. (tr. v.) to grind, crush or knead into a pulp (intr. v.) chew   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since he was old and possessed no teeth, he could not masticate his food and relied on liquids for his daily sustenance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In which case, cut out this article and in a few years' time, should I be proved wrong, feel free to visit the FT's riverside offices where I will masticate my own words. University of Oxford, Spins in need of a doctor, By Jim Pickard Published: September 17 2005 and Last updated: September 17 2005   lurid [ LOO' R-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. marked by sensationalism 2. glowing or shining in colour 3. having an unnatural glare 4. livid or pallid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lurid details of his personal life mentioned in his autobiography made it a bestseller.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Earlier this month a private investigator hired by the adviser filed an affidavit making further lurid claims about Mr Najib and the Mongolian, only to retract it a day later, claiming he had made it under duress. The Economist, The trials of Anwar, Jul 17th 2008, BANGKOK   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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