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	04-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists banal [ buh'-NAL, -NAHL, BEYN-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lacking originality or novelty 2. commonplace; petty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Despite the presence of big stars, the banal plot of the film ensured its lukewarm response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a series of leisurely-paced scenes, Suleiman shows the banal realties of petrol bomb attacks and army checkpoint searches, combining them with dreamlike sequences. BBC, Palestinian film shows life with conflict, Wednesday, 29 January, 2003   pugnacious [ puhg-NEY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   antagonistic or quarrelsome in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pugnacious little boy got into a lot of fights   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vettori the batsman then held fort for the visitors as he went unbeaten on a pugnacious 48 with number ten Jeetan Patel falling in the last over of the day for nought, leaving the tourists 90 runs behind. Telegraph, Bangladesh remain on top as Daniel Vettori attempts fightback, By Telegraph staff and agencies, 18 Oct 2008   discursive [ di-SKUR-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. randomly digress from topic to topic 2. related to discourse 3. concluding by analysis and reasoning and not by intuition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The speaker's discursive speech on the state of affairs of the country induced a sense of stupor among the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Instead, thinking, especially discursive thinking, is to be acknowledged but then put to one side so that the mind is not carried away by worries, anxieties, and endless hopes and fears. BBC, Zen Meditation   consanguinity [ kon-sang-GWIN-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. blood relationship or kinship 2. a close relationship, affinity or connection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Though the Iranians may claim a sense of consanguinity with the Germanic races, there is little similarity between them culturally.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sometimes the Israelis and Palestinians are best left alone to try to sort out their tragic consanguinity. The Economist, Israel and the Palestinians, Jul 26th 2001   simper [ SIM-per ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to grin or smile in a coy or silly manner 2. (tr.v.) to express or say by grinning coyly 3. (n.) a coy, shy or silly grin or smile   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She simpered and tried to gain his attention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lib Dem Nicol Stephen summons a soppy simper on his wistful, wee-boy phizzer. BBC, Beware those smiling politicians, By Robert McNeil, 30 April 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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