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	22-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stratagem [ STRAT-uh'-juh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a deceptive trick or manoeuvre used against an enemy 2. an underhanded trick devised to attain an objective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stratagem adopted by the Allied troops was very well researched.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In some cases the stratagem seems necessary to maintain a healthy degree of exogamy, or outbreeding. National Geographic, The Imperiled Mountain Gorilla, By Dian Fossey, July 2008   stricture [ STRIK-cher ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abnormal contraction or tapering of a duct or passage in the body 2. a restraint, curb or limit 3. harmful or unpleasant criticism or censure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The patient was in acute pain because of a stricture that had to be corrected using surgery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's there for our benefit -- to kill bacteria, but when not done correctly, it leads to mucus secretion, fluid, and stricture -- constricture of those airways. abcNEWS, Lung Health, Dec. 6, 2005   immune [ i-MYOON ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) protected, exempt or free esp. from a disease 2. (adj.) pertaining to or of the immune system 3. (adj.) unresponsive or not affected by something 4. (n.) one who has an immunity to something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His immune system was weak.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The airline industry is no more immune from the current economic situation than any other high street retailer, said one industry source. Telegraph, Ryanair axes more routes as major airlines cut fares, By David Millward, Transport Editor, 28 Nov 2008   infantile [ IN-fuh' n-tahyl, -til ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. childish, babyish or immature 2. pertaining to or of infancy or infants   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His infantile behaviour lost him his promotion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This is an infantile or immature way of coping. Reader's Digest, Are You Normal or Nuts?   scintillate [ SIN-tl-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to sparkle, shimmer or flash 2. (tr.v.) to twinkle or gleam like the stars (tr.v) to be animated, witty or brilliant (intr.v.) to gleam, shimmer or sparkle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her dress scintillated in the evening lights.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a delightful mix of young dancers who scintillate with their synchronised steps," Neha Jha, who saw the performance in Mumbai, said. The Times of India, 'Moulin Rouge' will now dazzle Delhi, 3 Dec 2005   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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