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	19-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fledgling [ FLEJ-ling ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a young, immature or inexperienced person 2. (n.) a young, just fledged, bird 3. (adj.) new, young, immature or having no experience   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   East Timor's fledgling democracy needs to be nurtured by the big powers if it is to endure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the other are those who say that giving in to Mr Bashir's blackmail—by withholding an indictment in the hope that he will co-operate with UN and other peacekeepers—will undermine the fledgling court's credibility and encourage other murderous tyrants. Economist, Sudan's leader is accused, but others can expect to follow, Jul 17th 2008   inconsequential [ in-kon-si-KWEN-shuh' l, in-kon- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of no value or significance 2. (adj.) irrelevant or illogical 3. (n.) one that valueless or inconsequential   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His inconsequential views on the matter were ignored by the jury.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The differences between the candidates this year are neither incremental nor inconsequential. CNN, NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster Bond excoriates GOP as racially divisive, Tuesday, July 13   oblation [ o-BLEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the act of offering something to God   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All over the country, people pay oblation to Lord Shiva during the time of Mahashivaratri.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Deokund has an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, popularly known as Dugdheshwar Nath temple, and a sacred tank where devotees and pilgrims in thousands come to offer oblation to Lord Shiva during Mahashivaratri. The Times of India, Few pilgrims visit Deokund, 5 Jun 2003   surreptitious [ sur-uh'p-TISH-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. to attain or achieve stealthily 2. to behave or act in a secretive, stealthy way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The surreptitious takeover of the company was foiled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The information available to government does not indicate any surreptitious entry into the stock market or real estate market by terrorist outfits,"" Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Friday. The Times of India, No terror outfits operating in stock, realty markets: FM, August 17, 2007   machination [ mak-uh'-NEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a cunning plot or scheme 2. an instance of plotting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The machinations of the real estate developers in trying to grab land meant for the resettlement of slum dwellers came to naught.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This steep increase in land value is not the machination of realtors, but a negative land price hike effected by the stamps and registration department. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Land rate up 3000 per cent, 24 Mar 2008, S Kushala,TNN   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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