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	22-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impertinent [ im-PUR-tn-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. insolent, disrespectful or brash 2. inappropriate or irrelevant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The brash school boy received a clip on the ear for his impertinent remarks.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That's the trouble: the millions of people who want to look at the pictures of Miss Middleton and engage in impertinent speculations about whether she will one day be Queen of England. Telegraph, A Royal fate, By Andrew Gimson, 11/01/2007   surmount [ ser-MOUNT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to exceed, overcome, conquer or prevail over 2. to rise to the top of 3. to furnish by placing something on top of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had surmounted many hardships to succeed in life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We have always trusted in ourselves to meet any challenge that required only our ingenuity and industry to surmount, the Arizona Republican said. CNN, McCain rejects 'big government' takeover of health care, April 28, 2008   depose [ di-POHZ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dethrone, oust or remove from an office or powerful position 2. (tr.v.) to affirm or testify as a witness but out of court 3. (intr.v.) to testify or bear witness esp. in writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king was deposed after a bloody coup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Ridolfi Plot of 1571 went further by enlisting Spanish support to depose Elizabeth and place Mary on the throne. BBC, Elizabeth I: An Overview, By Alexandra Briscoe   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   inadvertent [ in-uh' d-VUR-tnt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   heedless, careless or not intentional   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His inadvertent remarks during the meeting earned him a censure from his boss.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most of its customers are Western retailers worried about the bad publicity an inadvertent purchase of illegal logs might bring. The Economist, Forestry: Protected by bars, Mar 6th 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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