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	23-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists libertine [ LIB-er-teen, -tin ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who lives without moral restraint 2. a person who is a freethinker   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Feudal, conservative societies offer no place to a libertine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The two brothers, the zealot and the libertine, dominate Coll's epic account of the wealthy Saudi Arabian family whose construction industry fortune was amassed by their father, Mohamed. ABC News, Blood Brothers: Could Osama Have Been Tamed?, By MARCUS BARAM, April 3, 2008   palaver [ puh'-LAV-er, LAH-ver ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a long negotiation between enemies or esp. one between primitive tribes and european traders 2. (n.) long idle talk or chatter 3. (v.) to parley or negotiate 4. (v.) to talk idly or profusely 5. (v.) to coax or flatter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lengthy palaver between the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and American traders led to the white man's takeover of the entire North American continent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The whole bullying palaver would have been manipulated to get best possible ratings and controversial headlines making whoever was in the frontline to cop the brunt of it. News.com.au, Demelza 'took rap for bullying', Tom Ford , July 03, 2008   mordant [ MAWR-dnt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) caustic or bitingly sarcastic 2. (n.) a chemical used to fix a dye 3. (n.) a substance used for corrosion 4. (tr. v.) to treat by using a mordant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Statesman is known for its impartial and mordant editorials.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That he laces them with mordant humour and haunting grace notes merely highlights his uncommon genius. Telegraph, Import Export: a profoundly moral X-ray, Sukhdev Sandhu, 01/10/2008   swarthy [ SWAWR-th'ee, -thee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   possessing a dark colour or complexion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His swarthy complexion made him stand out in the crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We get rice and beans from a charity called Care Myanmar, drinking water from the sky and fish from this creek, said Maung Oo, a swarthy 51-year-old, as he stared at monsoon floodwaters lapping against his makeshift bamboo and tarpaulin hut. abcNews, Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Rely on Handouts, Struggle On, By Aung Hla Tun, November 2, 2008   raconteur [ rak-uh' n-TUR; Fr. r*a*-kawn*-TŒR ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who skilfully and wittily relates anecdotes and stories   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His skills as a raconteur made him extremely popular with children.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His fame as a writer of light, witty verse and as a raconteur was purely local until 1857, when he began writing a series of papers, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, for The Atlantic Monthly. MSN Encarta, Oliver Wendell Holmes   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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