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	14-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists slovenly [ SLUHV-uh' n-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) untidy, unkempt or bedraggled 2. (adj.) characteristic of or pertaining to a sloven or slipshod 3. (adv.) in a manner that reflects untidiness or shabbiness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost his job because of his slovenly dressing style.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Behind his slovenly, shambling flabbiness, he packs a vicious left hook. Chronicles Magazine, I Love My Mother, Sicko   ruminate [ ROO-muh'-neyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to chew up repetitively like a cow does 2. (tr. v.) to ponder over a thought repetitively 3. (intr.v.) to chew cud repetitively like a cow 4. (intr.v.) to think over a matter repetitively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She often ruminated about her daily workload over a cup of tea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He never wrote another novel (one attempt, "Answered Prayers," was left unfinished) or enjoyed the same level of success -- and perhaps ruminated over all that until he died in 1984 from alcoholism and drug addiction. CNN, 'It wasn't easy being him', By Paul Clinton, October 12, 2005   scintilla [ sin-TIL-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a spark, flash or a miniscule particle 2. an iota or miniscule amount   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A scintilla of attraction is often enough for people to fall in love.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said prosecutors had offered "not one scintilla of proof" otherwise. CNN, More protests planned over acquittal of officers in Diallo case, February 26, 2000   sloth [ slawth or, especially for 2, slohth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. laziness, indolence or an aversion to hard work 2. any of numerous sluggish, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, that possess long hooklike claws using which they hang upturned from branches of trees and that feed on buds, fruits, and leaves 3. a company or pack of bears   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sloth and a disposition to procrastinate caused him to lose his job.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the beach, the kids cavort with white-faced monkeys and snap numerous photos of sloths, iguanas and birds. CNN, Costa Rica adventures keep kids on the go, By Eileen Ogintz, August 25, 2008   sordid [ SAWR-did ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. vile, ignoble or morally degraded 2. selfish, mercenary or grasping 3. unclean, filthy or dirty 4. squalid, sleazy, wretched or seedy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a sordid story which appalled everyone who heard it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems that this gives her solace in the sordid and heartless world of Scottish politics. The Herald, Divine madness of faith deciding laws of the land, IAIN MacWHIRTER, February 11 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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