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	27-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prudent [ PROOD-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cautious, discreet or frugal 2. sensible, judicious or reasonable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Investing money in the company was a prudent decision.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The new regulatory regime for pension funds is prompting both trustees and employers to make more prudent assumptions about their funds' liabilities, the Pensions Regulator has said. The Herald, Pension bodies warming to new funding regime, SIMON BAIN, September 27 2007   replete [ ri-PLEET ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) complete 2. (adj.) stout, fat or well stuffed 3. (adj.) abounding, flourishing or abundant 4. (n.) a member of a species of ants that stores food within its body for the consumption of others   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The original replete works of Keats were housed in this museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   From big-time industrialists to those with a gastronomic taste, they all make a beeline to munna to avail the best spread, replete with lavish and grandeur. The Times of India, Gourmet Wonder, 16 Sep 2001   incorrigibility [ in-KAWR-i-juh'-buh'l-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a situation where correction or reform is not possible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was fired by his bosses for his incorrigibility when his miscalculation cost the company 5 million dollars.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He exists in the public mind largely as the residue of the characters he has played - the disaffection of Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler, the incorrigibility of Cool Hand Luke, the elegant delinquency of Hud. The Telegraph, Raindrops keep falling, but crying's not for Hollywood acting legend Paul Newman, William Langley, 15 June 2008, accessed 28 August 2009.   precipice [ PRES-uh'-pis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a very steep, vertical cliff 2. a perilous or dangerous predicament or situation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Successfully climbing the precipice was every rock climbers dream.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   AIG said the company was "disappointed" that competitors were trying to take advantage of the situation, stressing that the mortgage losses that left AIG's parent company on a financial precipice had not undercut policyholders' surplus. abc News, AIG Shares Fall on Government Stake Deal, By Lilla Zuill, September 24, 2008   calumny [ KAL-uh m-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. to disrepute or defame someone by false malicious statements 2. the act of disreputing a person with false statements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Varun Gandhi's speech was considered a calumny of muslims living in this country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Acrid controversy and acid calumny have engulfed Britain's definitive tenth anniversary remembrance of Princess Diana's death. The Times Of India, Diana's 10th death anniversary mired in controversy, 29 Aug 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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