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	29-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sportive [ SPAWR-tiv, SPOHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. frolicsome, playful or merry 2. pertaining to or of sports 3. (archaic.) wanton, amorous or ardent 4. (biology) mutative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People did not take him seriously because of his sportive attitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A senior graduate of School of Arts and Sciences at the LUMS, Kehkashan Beenish Khan remarked, "We have this `Daku Day' wherein seniors dressed as dacoits try to steal foodstuff or cash that the juniors may be having in a sportive manner." The Times of India, A new high on Indo-Pak front, Amit Kr Chanda, TNN, 16 Aug 2004   squalid [ SKWOL-id, SKWAW-lid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dirty, foul, filthy, wretched 2. sordid or morally degraded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The squalid conditions prevalent in the last century gave rise to many diseases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conditions in the cells were squalid and lacked decency BBC, Police cell condition 'squalid', 6 August 2008   sagacious [ suh'-GEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   shrewd, wise, farsighted or having an acute judgement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was considered to be a sagacious old lady.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sagacious judgements to bring say, a sensible backpack for touristy wandering give way to a vague recollection of an SAS technique for making a suitable carrier out of discarded clothing. BBC, Venice: By the Sleepy lagoon, 08 September, 2004   vantage [ VAN-tij, VAHN  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a position, condition, or place affording a commanding view 2. superiority or an advantage 3. in a superior or advantageous position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   From the vantage position, he watched the cricket match being played at the stadium.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Overlooking northern Israel and southern Syria, the heights give Israel an excellent vantage point for monitoring Syrian movements. BBC, Regions and territories: The Golan Heights, 8 May 2010.   equivocal [ i-KWIV-uh'-kuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ambiguous or being open to multiple interpretations 2. having a doubtful or uncertain character 3. having a dubious, suspicious or questionable disposition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many old texts are open to equivocal interpretations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The relatively equivocal statement differs from most human rights groups who have blamed Zanu-PF party thugs for the vast majority of the violence. BBC, Tough call for Zimbabwe opposition, By Peter Greste, 2 May 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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