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	30-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists flaunt [ flawnt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to display or exhibit oneself boldly 2. (intr.v.) to flutter or wave conspicuously 3. (tr.v.) to display one's contempt or scorn 4. (tr.v.) to parade or exhibit oneself defiantly or boldly 5. (n.) an act or instance of flaunting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Flaunted through a series of photographs, she gained notoriety.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Assets Recovery Agency intends to crack down on these people and others who believe that they can continue to flaunt the law. BBC, Agency targets paramilitaries, 24 February, 2003   degenerate [ v. di-JEN-uh'-reyt; adj., n. di-JEN-er-it ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having lost the qualities appropriate to humankind 2. (adj.) having sunk below the desired level of moral qualities 3. (n.) a person who has fallen from a normal standard of moral character 4. (tr. v.) to sink below the normal standard in mental, physical or moral qualities 5. (intr. v.) to bring about deterioration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was shunned by society because he was a degenerate person   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Hamas-organized rally began peacefully but degenerated into violence with hundreds of Palestinians throwing rocks across the border wall. CNN, One dead in aid convoy clash on Egypt, Gaza border, Kevin Flower, 6 January 2010.   injurious [ in-JOO' R-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. harmful or capable of causing injury 2. slanderous, defamatory or abusive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Injurious habits are discouraged in all cultures.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bakery, McGregor's Wanaka (2006), admitted selling food that was injurious or harmful to health under the Food Act. abcNEWS, NZ Pie Bakery Fined for Serving up Metal Shaving, August 12, 2008   eulogy [ YOO-luh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a speech full of praise in honour of someone who has died recently 2. high praise, acclamation or commendation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His eulogy was well written.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Prime Minister Gordon Brown's eulogy at the funeral yesterday of John MacDougall praised the Glenrothes MP as a "tireless fighter for social justice and endlessly loyal champion of decent values." The Herald, Premier lauds 'champion of decent values', ROBBIE DINWOODIE, Chief Scottish Political Correspondent, August 19 2008   rhetoric [ RET-er-ik ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. unnecessary use of exaggeration in speech or writing; pretentious or insincere 2. the ability to use language effectively or the study of the effective use of language 3. the skill or art of all specialized literary uses of language or the art of speaking persuasively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers said that they are not stupid enough to believe the rhetoric of every politician that passes through their village.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I want to hear someone 'tell it like it is', not smarmy double talk or dreary rhetoric. The Telegraph, General Election 2010: the Tories' policies on economic change falls short of the rhetoric, Edmund Conway, 7 April 2010.   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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