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	17-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dexterous [ DEK-struh' s, -ster-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. skilful or adept in the use of one's hands 2. possessing mental cleverness or adroitness 3. done or completed by using adroitness or expertise 4. right-handed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her dexterous fingers were adept at pottery making.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Van Basten, such a dexterous striker, appears to have mastered another difficult trick. Telegraph, Euro 2008: Marco Van Basten in style council, By Henry Winter, 17 Jun 2008   paragon [ PAR-uh'-gon, -guh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a model of excellence or perfection of a kind 2. a perfect diamond weighing 100 carats or more   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was a paragon of integrity and determination.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Today, conditions are so bad–especially after Mugabe turned loose the goons who are murdering white farmers and stealing the farms that fed the country–that many Zimbabweans are fleeing to South Africa, the paragon of postcolonial Africa, where they are given a warm welcome indeed. Chronicles Magazine, African Democracy, By Thomas Fleming   depreciate [ di-PREE-shee-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reduce or lower the worth or value of something 2. (tr.v.) to belittle or represent as being of hardly any value 3. (intr.v.) to diminish or fall in price or value   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The value of electronic items depreciates over time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The taxi owners and bus drivers are also worried that the value of their vehicles will depreciate. BBC, Zambian bus painting provokes anger, 26 February, 2001   perfidious [ per-FID-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   untrustworthy and treacherous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many feel that the Maastricht treaty of 1992 was orchestrated by a power hungry and perfidious group of multinational companies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We ended up talking about science as much as technology, but the audience was happy. And anti-globalization campaigners who view the Forum as a perfidious cabal of power-hungry corporatists can take consolation. CNN, Voices on the future, Scientists, technologists share their insights, By David Kirkpatrick   logomachy [ loh-GOM-uh'-kee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an argument about or concerning words 2. a meaningless battle of words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The logomachy between the two political heavyweights thinned the already sparse crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Throughout the various pamphlets of the celebrated logomachy, he seems never to lose for a moment his feeling of complete and easy mastery over his opponent, writing always with good-humoured assurance of victory, and with the unsparing derision of one who fears no retort. Theatre Database, Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley, By William Minto   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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