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	26-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pulchritude [ PUHL-kri-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   physical attractiveness, appeal or beauty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sculpture was a work of pulchritude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Apart from the lack of pulchritude on display, Komsomolskaya Pravda was aghast at the poor photographs used. BBC, Russian media follows its paymasters, 19 December, 1999   halcyon [ hal-see-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a kingfisher 2. (n.) a legendary or fabled bird identified with the kingfisher that was said to nest at sea during winter solstice and was believed to have the power to calm waves 3. (adj.) pertaining to or related to the kingfisher or halcyon 4. (adj.) tranquil, peaceful, happy or calm 5. (adj.) golden, affluent or prosperous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sighting of the halcyon is considered to bring a person good luck.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now the halcyon days appear to be over, as the international credit crunch flattens demand everywhere. CNN, Creating jobs, infrastructure challenge India's growth, By Geoff Hiscock, November 13, 2008   indistinct [ in-di-STINGKT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not explicit 2. unclear   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His blasphemous words were indistinct to the people standing a mile away from him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pimply teenage girl behind the register insisted that Pendleton was just "over there" and made an indistinct hand gesture that seemed to indicate both north and south simultaneously. CNN, Terror on Trial: Journey to Terre Haute: From cradle to grave, 31 December 2007, accessed 28 August 2009.   gusto [ GUHS-toh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. zest or vigorous or enthusiastic enjoyment or appreciation 2. special individual liking or taste 3. (archaic) artistic style   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The competition began with great gusto.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The HFI-2200's low bass output remained intact, but no pair of headphones can truly replicate the room-shaking gusto of a potent high-end subwoofer. CNN, Ultrasone headphones are comfy, sound great, By Steve Guttenberg, September 15, 2008   prognosis [ prog-NOH-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. diagnosis or forecast of what the probable outcome, especially that of a disease, may be 2. prophecy or prediction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prognosis was good and a complete recovery was predicted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With more global warming in store, researchers said, the prognosis is grim for the Arctic's so-called perennial sea ice, which is the ice that survives through the summer. National Geographic, Warming Oceans Contributed to Record Arctic Melt, Mason Inman, December 14, 2007   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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