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	30-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists expropriate [ eks-proh-pree-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to deprive or take away from someone his possessions or ownership rights 2. to take something from someone else for one's own use   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has decided to expropriate more land in Chandipur in order to expand its missile testing base.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An Argentine government secretary, Luis D'Elía, has lead recent efforts to expropriate Tompkins's holdings and publicly hinted that the environmentalist is working with the U.S. government to exert control over regional water supplies. National Geographic, "Not for Sale": S. America Natural Resources Going National, Kelly Hearn, October 31, 2006   interloper [ in-ter-LOHP, IN-ter-lohp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who meddles, trespasses or intrudes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The interloper's questions during the company's conference call were not answered by the company's CEO.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Germany took the upper hand in the occupation of Ukrainian territory, and had no wish for a Habsburg interloper as ruler there. Telegraph, Dead dreams of kingship, Noel Malcolm reviews The Red Prince by Timothy Snyder, 27/06/2008   gibe [ jahyb ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to jeer or ridicule 2. (tr. v.) to sneer, taunt or scoff 3. (n.) a taunt or sarcastic remark   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There is probably no truth to the gibe that a certain community in our country is Pro-Pakistani when it comes to the issue of Kashmir.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is this much truth – and no more – in the gibe that pluralism is just another form of monist intolerance: as a second-order, meta-ethical view pluralism does not exemplify the same restrictiveness as a monism claiming that all men should subscribe to a particular, definite morality. OXFORD, Taking Pluralism Seriously, By Henry Hardy   cathartic [ kuh'-THAHR-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) something that pertains to or induces catharsis 2. (n.) a purgative or laxative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The laxative proved to be very cathartic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Music can unlock emotional problems. It is particularly helpful with grief where people can find music very cathartic. BBC, 'My music helps healing', 29 December, 2002   supple [ SUHP-uh' l ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) flexible, pliant, limber or bent easily 2. (adj.) adaptable, compliant or yielding 3. (adj.) servile or obsequious 4. (tr.v.) to make or be made flexible or supple 5. (intr.v.) to become or make someone or something supple or flexible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her supple body was a result of years of ballet training.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Doing simple puzzles and exercises can help stimulate the brain and keep it supple, Kawashima said. abcNEWS, Toyota to Develop Cars for SeniorsToyota to Develop Cars for Seniors, By HIROKO TABUCHI, December 19, 2007   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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