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	10-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists errant [ ER-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. given to travelling; roving, esp. in search of an adventure 2. straying from the proper course or accepted standards 3. moving about without an aim or direction 4. notorious; characterised by wrong behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The popular and endearing "Sindbad the sailor" fables are about an errant sailor from Baghdad who voyages on all the seven seas and amasses a fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When I nail into vulnerable areas like door jambs, I use shims to protect the trim from errant hammer marks. Reader's Digest,The Family Handyman, Protection Against Hammer Marks, Craig Gennesey, September 2000   preponderance [ pri-PON-der-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   supremacy in terms of power, strength, number or quantity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The preponderance of dynastic rule often continues unchallenged.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I think the preponderance of data now does suggest this is a class effect," he said. abc News, Long-Term Study Confirms Vioxx Heart Risks, By Julie Steenhuysen, October 13, 2008   sporadic [ spuh'-RAD-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. occurring intermittently or at regular intervals of time 2. isolated, unique or scattered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sporadic beep failed to wake her up.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There will be some serious disasters to U.S. forces in the midst of sporadic mutinies and command breakdowns. Chronicles Magazine, Nostradamus I'm Not, by Clyde N. Wilson   deleterious [ del-i-TEER-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   harmful or detrimental to health   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tobacco has had a deleterious effect on the youth of this country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Patients with cystic fibrosis have a high risk for GER and gastric aspiration, he added, "and this seems to be associated with more cough and poorer lung function, which suggests a deleterious role of reflux on cystic fibrosis lung disease." abcNEWS, Reflex May Trigger Cough in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, By David Douglas, August 13, 2008   introvert [ n., adj. IN-truh'-vurt; v. in-truh'-VURT ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to turn inward or concentrate on oneself 2. (tr.v.) (medicine) to turn an organ or part inward 3. (n.) a person who is shy or introverted 4.(n.) an organ or part that can be introverted or turned inward 5.(n.) one who concentrates of concerns oneself with only ones thoughts and feelings 6. (adj.) shy, quiet and turned inward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He introverted his anger to avoid saying something he would later regret.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He became increasingly introverted and spent more time around scrap yards studying anything and everything automotive. Telegraph, Phil Hill, Racing driver who secured the Formula One world championship in the tragic Italian Grand Prix of 1961 , 04 Sep 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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