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	02-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists magnanimous [ mag-NAN-uh'-muh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. noble of mind and heart; high-minded 2. forgiving, not holding onto grudges; not revengeful or vindictive 3. characterised by great generosity or nobility of action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The magnanimous industrialist built many educational institutes for the poor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Rs 70,000-crore debt waiver scheme for farmers is, by all standards, magnanimous. The Times Of India, Govt not OK with fence eating farm loan waiver, Shishir Arya, 10 Jul 2008, TNN   innovate [ IN-uh'-veyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to make, begin or devise something new or alter something that already existed drastically 2. (intr.v.) to present, introduce, begin or make something new or change something that was already in existence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He innovated the teaching process with the introduction of computers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All should seek to innovate in form but maintain a clear focus on the power of the story. BBC, Drama on BBC One, Stand-Alone Web Dramas   exotic [ ig-ZOT-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of foreign origin or imported 2. (adj.) strange or unusual 3.(n.) something that is imported or is of foreign origin 4. (n.) a stripper   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The exotic flower did not have a name.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There has been a real revolution in luxury chocolate, as there was with wine a few years ago. People are much more knowledgeable about it and there is a growing demand for these high quality, exotic products instead of a box of Milk Tray. Telegraph, Bacon flavoured chocolate bar is a sell out, By Urmee Khan, 24 Nov 2008   impale [ im-PEYL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to fasten or stick 2. to pierce with something sharp or pointed 3. to punish and render helpless by piercing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He impaled his sword into the dummy targets' chest during practice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A 13-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he became impaled on metal railings at his home in Walsall. BBC, Teenager impaled on metal spike, 8 November, 2004   sacrosanct [ SAK-roh-sangkt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. hallowed, holy or sacred 2. one that is uninfringeable or inviolable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the sacrosanct objects were kept in a safe and rarely displayed to the public.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the run-up to the March presidential elections, Putin refused repeated calls to seek a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third consecutive term, saying the constitution was sacrosanct. abc News, Russian Lawmakers Back Extending Presidential Term, By DAVID NOWAK, November 14, 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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