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	27-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists loquacious [ loh-KWEY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   extremely talkative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The loquacious guest at the dinner table enlivened the proceedings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Among us were Shidlovskiy's good friend, the Reverend John Wood, a loquacious, big-game-hunting Baptist preacher from Waco, Texas, and Wood's prominent physician neighbor, "Doctor Joe" Cunningham. National Geographic , Fossil Wars , Lewis M. Simons, May 2005   complaisant [ kuh' m-PLEY-suh' nt, -zuh' nt, KOM-pluh'-zant ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   readily willing to please or oblige   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Employers are apt to take advantage of complaisant employees.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems that these days AMD prefers to force feed complaisant journalist geese to produce what it hopes is the finest pâté de foie gras to present to its shareholders on toast. The INQUIRER, AMD is "out of step with Moore's Law" Analysis: The rise and rise of the analysts, By Mike Magee: Wednesday, 26 March 2008   rife [ rahyf ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. widespread or prevalent 2. abundant, copious or in plenty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The air was rife with speculation about the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   DEEP in the heart of Afghanistan's Helmand province, an area rife with Taliban activity and the very front line for the soldiers based here, daily life is nothing but eventful. The Herald, Daily round of patrols, attacks and reprisals   ostensible [ o-STEN-suh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apparent, appearing or representing 2. evident or obvious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ostensible differences between the coach and senior members of the team was the reason why the team did not perform well in the recent tournament.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   U.S. officials say they can't discern Iran's motivations, citing the closed nature of the regime and ostensible differences between the country's hardline Islamic religious leaders, its Revolutionary Guards and moderates. abc News, Analysis: US and Iran Appear on Collision Course, By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Writer, July 9, 2008   pertinent [ PUR-tn-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   relevant, applicable or directly connected to the current topic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A great thinker is pertinent to all ages.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ritchie told CNN, "People seem to make films similar to my kind of films in New York, but they don't seem to in London. My expression of London is illustrated in what I find to be pertinent within the culture at that time, so I try to put that in my films, and no one else seems to be doing that." CNN, Rock 'n' roll Ritchie, By Mark Tutton, September 5, 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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