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	16-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists haughty [ HAW-tee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. proud, snobbish or arrogant 2. (archaic) dignified, exalted or noble   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The haughty secretary, with ice in her voice and a pseudo Oxbridge accent was an intimidating figure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rampant corruption can easily be blamed on the East India Company, the violence of Gujjars can be pinned on haughty ICS officers who classified the community as a "criminal tribe" and the distortions in our education can be attributed to Lord Macaulay's infamous put-down of Indian culture. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Run over by life? Get streetsmart, 16 Dec 2007, Bachi Karkaria   asinine [ AS-uh'-nahyn ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. foolish, silly or stupid 2. pertaining to an ass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His asinine statements embarrassed the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Well, that's why he's not going to win, because everybody understands that's an asinine attitude. CNN, Prison pointer for Traficant: Go quietly, August 1, 2002   stymie [ STAHY-mee ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to hinder, thwart or stand in one's way as an obstacle 2. (n.) an obstacle, impediment or obstruction 3. (n.) (golf) a condition when the ball (tee) of the opponent serves as an obstacle between the current player's ball (tee) and the hole   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her efforts were stymied by her opponents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The questioning conducted on Aug. 26 and Aug. 28 comes amid a move by the governor's attorney to stymie a legislative investigation of Palin. abcNEWS, Palin's Lawyer Has Already Questioned 2 Witnesses, By STEVE QUINN, ANCHORAGE, Alaska September 4, 2008   suave [ swahv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. polite, courteous or smoothly and superficially agreeable 2. smooth, sophisticated or diplomatic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His suave mannerisms won him the admiration of many.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the American version of the ad, a suave Mac, played by Justin Long, an actor, contrasts with a lovable but decidedly uncool PC, played by John Hodgman, a comedian who has been catapulted to celebrity as a result. Economist, Hello again, I'm Vista, Aug 7th 2008   sodden [ SOD-n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) soggy, saturated or moisture-laden 2. (adj.) expressionless, unintelligent or dull caused by indulgence in alcoholic beverages 3. (adj.)torpid or listless 4. (tr.v.) to become or be made sodden 5. (intr.v.) to become or be made sodden   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her sodden garments were not fit to be reused.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Unfortunately, it is the half-drunk, not the drink-sodden, who experience the heightened excitement of intoxication—who throw themselves out of windows in the expectation of flying, in preference to falling downstairs in a heap on the way out. Chronicles Magazine, Liberalism as Addiction, by Chilton Williamson, Jr.   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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