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	17-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists specious [ SPEE-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having a characteristic of being logical and plausible when actually it is fictitious or not genuine deceptively beautiful or visually appealing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The debate consisted mostly of specious arguments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In assessing what Palin's candidacy has meant for feminism, the question is not specious. Telegraph, And Sarah Palin's favourite number is.?.?. 12, By Lionel Shriver, 14/11/2008   bifurcated [ BAHY-fer-keyt-ed, bahy-FUR-keyt-ed ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) divided or forked into two parts 2. (intr.v.) forked or separated into two parts or branches 3. (adj.) forked or having two branches   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The road bifurcated after crossing the river.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By creating Karsog district, the present Mandi district will be bifurcated into two and if Sundarnagar is also made into a district, it will be trifurcated. The Times of India, Himachal to create four new districts, Jagdish Bhatt, TNN, 4 Aug 2002   catalyst [ KAT-l-ist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. something that acts as the stimulus in an activity without itself being affected in any way 2. (Chemistry) a substance that hastens a reaction or process without itself reacting with any other substance or undergoing any chemical change   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The catalyst was an important ingredient in the experiment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's no surprise that the main catalyst for the transformation is the economy. abcNews, The year of holiday thrift, By Ron Scherer   indicative [ in-DIK-uh'-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) showing, pointing out or suggestive of 2. (adj.) pertaining to the mood of the verb that is used in ordinary factual statements 3. (n.) the indicative mood 4. (n.) the verb in the indicative mood   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The indicative numbers show a rise in the percentage of people who like to visit Goa once a year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Our discovery shows that there is a lot of red fluorescence that is very indicative of an active role of red in fish communication. National Geographic, PHOTOS: Glowing Red Fish Discovered, September 22, 2008   emend [ i-mend ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to edit and remove errors 2. to change erroneous faults   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To emend and proof read text calls for large doses of patience and diligence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is a perpetual succession of editions with augmented if not emended intelligence so as to secure for every post through which it is sent out the latest news from every source. Telegraph, Caring about the world of news, 24/05/2008   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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