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	31-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mortify [ MAWR-tuh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to deaden or discipline one's bodily appetites by fasting or self-denial 2. (tr.v.) to shame, embarrass or humiliate 3. (intr.v.) to practise mortification 4. (intr.v.) to become necrosed or gangrenous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The outcome of the game mortified the home team.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not only deeply painful for the two of us but also for everyone else affected and it would mortify our mother if she were alive today and, if we might say so, we feel we are more able to speak for our mother than Paul. CNN, Burrell slammed as 'runaway train', October 25, 2003   iniquitous [ i-NIK-wi-tuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   sinful, evil, vicious or wicked   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His iniquitous personality made him the antagonist of the novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scottish Gas and Scottish Hydro Electric have ended that iniquitous practice and it's only Scottish Power that's left. BBC, Scottish Power charges criticised, 5 February 2007   knead [ need ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to mix thoroughly and make uniform 2. to give shape or mould by using one's hands 3. to massage, press, squeeze or manipulate with hand movements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The masseuse kneaded the dorsal muscles to relax them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He had heard the talk before but this time the words spoke directly to a dilemma Mr Moore was kneading in his mind. Telegraph, HBOS: How it ran out of road, By Louise Armitstead, 14 Feb 2009   oaf [ ohf ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a lout or clumsy, awkward or stupid person 2. a dunce or blockhead   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is considered to be an oaf, a man lacking the finer sensibilities of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Douglas Campbell, of disabled transport group Mobilise, branded Anthony Steen a "pompous oaf" over the comments. BBC, Parking bay MP branded 'an oaf', 1 June 2007   nubile [ NOO-bil, -bahyl, NYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (pertaining to a young woman) marriageable or physically and mentally mature 2. (pertaining to a young woman) sexually attractive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Miss India contestants are nubile, young women with beauty and brains.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an elephant, a sizable young female, nubile and shy. National Geographic, Family Ties, By David Quammen National Geographic Contributing Writer, September 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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