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	18-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fulsome [ FOO' L-suh' m, FUHL- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   effusive, excessive, overdone or repulsive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The host's fulsome praise for the Chief Guest was deeply embarrassing to all those who were present.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the midst of fulsome praise for US president George Bush and Condoleezza Rice, the foreign office continued to hedge its bets. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Nuke deal: So far so good, but…, 18 Nov 2006, Indrani Bagchi,TNN   chide [ chahyd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to scold, reproach or reprimand 2. (intr. v.) to voice one's disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher thought it fit to chide the children for their boisterous behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The agent behind the wheel has recently moved down from Oklahoma, and she chides him for not knowing the history of this little stretch of the border. The Economist, The Border: Fighting the fence, EL CALABOZ, Jun 12th 2008   authoritarian [ uh'-thawr-i-TAIR-ee-uh' n, uh'-thor- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) favouring total compliance or submission to authority 2. (adj.) exerting total control over others and their activities 3. (n.) one who enforces or exerts authority; a dictator   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The authoritarian rule of the General faced a lot of criticism from the Western world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Still, a recent survey of various Russian elites, including business and media people, lawyers and doctors, showed that some 45% disagree with the current authoritarian system. Economist, Handle with care, Nov 27th 2008   tawdry [ TAW-dree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) gaudy, cheap, garish or sleazy 2. (adj.) indecent, ignoble or shameful 3. (n.) sleazy or garish apparel or finery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her tawdry dressing sense was criticised.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Stylish hotels are popping up all over Beacon Hill and near the formerly tawdry Theater District. National Geographic, 48 Hours Boston: The Best of a City in Two Days, By Christina Ianzito   obsequy [ OB-si-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a funeral or ceremony after one passes away   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The celebrity's obsequy was well covered by the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When Powell died, in March of last year, at the age of ninety-four, the New York Times Book Review devoted a "Bookend" column to the obsequy, written by Ferdinand Mount, the editor of the Times Literary Supplement and Powell's nephew by marriage. The Atlantic, An Omnivorous Curiosity, by Christopher Hitchens   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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