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	12-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inundate [ IN-uh' n-deyt, -uhn-, in-UHN-deyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. deluge or to flood 2. to overwhelm or engulf especially with work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The meteorological department has warned that heavy rains may inundate Mumbai this week.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Officials said areas in which hurricane Rita inundated 10,000 homes in 2005 were vulnerable again. abcNEWS, Hundreds of Homes Flood as Ike Passes Louisiana, by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer, LAKE CHARLES, La., September 12, 2008   protean [ PROH-tee-uh' n, proh-TEE- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. changeable in terms of form, shape or character 2. versatile 3. of or related to proteus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Amoebas are protean organisms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As such, your 'country' might prove to be too protean a receptacle for your conscience. The Times of India, Carry a torch for your conscience and country, 9 Apr 2008   imperturbable [ im-per-TUR-buh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   composed, calm or impassive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The constant gibes from his colleagues failed to disturb his imperturbable composure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nor have the wild gyrations of Amazon's share price over the past year caused its founder and chief executive to lose sleep. Mr Bezos manages to be simultaneously both bouncy and imperturbable. The Economist, Amazon's delta, Nov 18th 1999   innocuous [ i-NOK-yoo-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not harmful or injurious 2. inoffensive, insipid, uninspiring or not stimulating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was surprising that the diplomat's innocuous remarks caused such consternation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By using an innocuous virus derived from HIV, scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new way of giving animals genes from other organisms to produce specific traits. National Geographic, Fluorescent Mice Herald Gene-Transfer Breakthrough, D.L. Parsell, January 11, 2002   solecism [ SOL-uh'-siz-uh' m, SOH-luh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. something inconsistent with the normal, or accepted order 2. a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage of language 3. a breach of decorum or good manners   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Committing a solecism during a job interview could prove costly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A solecism of initial blunder may generate legal heat and forensic spiral from court to court. The Hindu, Industrial jurisprudence, V. R. KRISHNA IYER   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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