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	16-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ingratiate [ in-GREY-shee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to curry favour by pleasing or flattering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wealthy businessman made many attempts to ingratiate himself to the political structure of the country in order to further his business interests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To the best that one can figure out, he seems to have only used his power to further ingratiate himself to the political power structure in the country. The Times of India, LEADER ARTICLE: Cast In Our Likeness, Harsh V Pant, 21 May 2008   minatory [ MIN-uh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   threatening, alarming or ominous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minatory way in which the young men approached the elderly man signalled their intentions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These sound minatory, but as Japan's population starts to decline due to the low birth-rate, and its number of elderly swell, robots are seen as a solution. Economist, Domo arigato, Mr Roboto, Dec 12th 2007   inimical [ i-NIM-i-kuh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   adverse, harmful, unfriendly or hostile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Speeches inimical to a particular community should never be made by responsible politicians.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's no better or more immediate evidence supporting the Darwinian theory than this process of forced transformation among our inimical germs. National Geographic, Was Darwin Wrong?, By David Quammen   malapropism [ MAL-uh'-prop-iz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   misuse of words, especially similar sounding ones, to create humour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   President Bush's tendency towards malapropism was well documented during his tenure in office.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The president had been practicing, and the malapropism just slipped out ahead of schedule. abcNEWS, Bush Loosens Up With Press, By Ann Compton, W A S H I N G T O N, March 29   sustenance [ SUHS-tuh'-nuh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. maintenance of life or provision of a means of livelihood 2. the process or act of being sustained 3. something that provides support or strength   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sustenance depended on how good a hunter he was.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The kitchen dressers of Highland crofts often contained a "porridge drawer" which was filled with freshly cooked porridge that could be cut into squares when cold and taken onto the hills for sustenance. BBC, Secret weapon wins porridge title, 12 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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