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	01-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists omnivorous [ om-NIV-er-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. consuming everything viz. both plant and animal foods arbitrarily 2. assimilating everything in the mind intellectually   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cockroach is an omnivorous animal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eating pond-life, supplemented with worms and grain, these omnivorous species can be the most sustainable of fish. BBC, Fish farming, by Caroline Stacey   discomfit [ dis-KUHM-fit ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to confuse, embarrass or disconcert 2. (tr.v.) to frustrate or thwart another's plans 3. (tr.v.) (archaic) to defeat, conquer or rout 4. (n.) a defeat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was discomfited due to the difficult decision he had to make.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most discomfiting of all for the generals, Mr Gul is now their commander-in-chief. Economist, A new Turkish president, Aug 30th 2007   pandemic [ pan-DEM-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) widespread; occurring over or affecting a very large area 2. (n.) a widespread disease or epidemic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pandemic nature of the flu is causing people to panic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But if the virus mutates and a pandemic occurs, one-third of the U.S. population could become infected and two million people may die, the plan estimates. National Geographic, Bird Flu -- What You Can Do to Be Prepared, Brian Handwerk, May 10, 2006   plebeian [ pli-BEE-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or of common people (especially in Rome) 2. (adj.) vulgar or coarse 3. (n.) one belonging to the lower class or common people especially in ancient Rome 4. (n.) one who is coarse or vulgar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His plebeian manners elicited scorn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the two final tables, the provision was added to forbid intermarriage between patricians and plebeians. Chronicles magzine, Uncle Sam's Harem II, by Thomas Fleming   waif [ weyf ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a street child or one with no home or friends 2. unclaimed property or a lost pet animal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old woman took pity on the hungry waif and bought him a burger.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I dined in some of the world's finest restaurants, something a waif, was not destined to do. BBC, WHERE AM I LIVING TONIGHT AUNTY, John, 22 November 2009.   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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