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	13-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fitful [ FIT-fuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   erratic, intermittent or irregular   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Scoring high marks in the CAT examination calls for more than just a fitful effort.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The hostile reaction to that plan seems to have reassured Mr Voronin that the West's sometimes fitful support can still be relied on. Economist, Moldova looks for a deal, Nov 1st 2007   caricature [ KAR-i-kuh'-cher, -choo' r ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. a pictorial representation highlighting any flaws or peculiarities in a person's features or mannerisms in order to bring about a grotesque or humorous effect 2. the art of making or creating caricatures 3. (tr.v.) to make a pictorial depiction or caricature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The caricature humiliated the politician.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Political caricature is the staple of newspaper cartoons, sketch-writing and impressionists. BBC, Woman's Hour, Women political satirists, 19 Mar 2004   pertinacious [ pur-tn-EY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. stubborn, obstinate or unyielding 2. resolute or tenacious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her pertinacious, pro-communist views irked the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In travelling, there is nothing like dissecting people's statements, which are usually coloured by their estimate of the powers or likings of the person spoken to, making all reasonable inquiries, and then pertinaciously but quietly carrying out one's own plans. Telegraph, Great adventurers - and greater storytellers, Michael Kerr, 12 Mar 2007   indict [ in-DAHYT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   accuse, charge or prosecute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   With the quantum of evidence against him, it is likely that the jury will indict him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 2006, while awaiting sentencing on the passport violations, he was indicted by a grand jury and charged with conspiring to commit torture, committing torture and the use of a firearm while committing a violent act in Liberia. CNN, Taylor Jr. to stand trial on charges of torture abroad, By John Couwels, September 27, 2008   compress [ v. kuh' m-PRES; n. KOM-pres ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to press or condense and make compact 2. (tr.v.) to apply pressure and convert to a solid mass 3. (n.) a soft, folded cloth or pad pressed to a part of the body to alleviate pain or for applying pressure 4. (n.) a machine or the apparatus used to compress cotton bales 5. (n.) a warehouse where cotton is stored before being shipped   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She compressed the clothes by vacuum sealing them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The gases in the pellet, under the pressure of all this light, will compress to the point where they achieve nuclear fusion. National Geographic, Power of Light, by Joel Achenbach, October 2001   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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