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	09-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pachyderm [ PAK-i-durm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   any of the animals with thick skins, like the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pachyderm along with its calf raided the village and destroyed most of the crops.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Quick-thinking tour guides shot the pachyderm after it charged a group of tourists in Kruger National Park. BBC, Unforgettable elephant encounter, 10 March, 2004   refractory [ ri-FRAK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) stubborn, unruly or obstinate 2. (adj.) unyielding or immune to treatment 3. (adj.) difficult to affect, corrode, fuse or reduce especially by means of temperature 4. (n.) something that is refractory and especially that is used in lining a furnace 5. (n.) a substance that has a high melting point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His refractory attitude caused him a lot of problems.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Since RCCs have a poor prognosis and are refractory to standard chemotherapy, there is a need to develop new therapies for kidney cancer," Giaccia said. abcNews, Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer, By Robert Preidt, July 8   jettison [ JET-uh'-suh' n, -zuh' n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of throwing goods overboard an aircraft or ship to steady or lighten it (tr. v.) 2. to cast off or throw goods overboard an aircraft or vessel 3. (tr. v.) to throw away something that was becoming a burden or an obstacle; discard   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pilot had to jettison fuel in order to be able to make an emergency landing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That Elvis Costello should capriciously jettison the Il Sogno dance suite the orchestra had previously learned during his rehearsals for this concert fits with our impression of his iconoclastic character. The Herald, Elvis Costello and the RSNO, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, KEITH BRUCE, June 23 2008   implausible [ im-PLAW-zuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   improbable, inconceivable, unlikely or unbelievable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prosecuting attorney's implausible arguments did not convince the judge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Repeatedly making economically implausible arguments about the efficiency of government-run drug pricing, or plucking artificial windfalls from thin air, won't make Part D, a good program, work any better," Davis said. abcNews, Democrats See Drugmaker Windfall From Medicare, By Georgina Coolidge, July 24, 2008   restive [ RES-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unruly, uneasy or impatient 2. balky or refusing to budge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The restive class gave the teacher a headache.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, journalists will still not be allowed to travel to the restive region of Tibet and other restricted areas without getting special permission from local authorities, Liu said. abcNews, China Eases Restrictions for Foreign Journalists, By TINI TRAN, October 17, 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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