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	03-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scoff [ skawf, skof ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) gibe or an instance or object of scorn or mockery 2. (tr.v.) to mock, jeer or express scorn 3. (intr.v.) to display contempt by ridiculing or jeering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She scoffed at his attempt to explain why he was late.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many scholars scoff at Brown's appeals to scholarship, arguing that the bloodline theory has been around for centuries and thoroughly discredited as a fraud. National Geographic, ""Da Vinci Code"" Spurs Debate -- Who Was Mary Magdalene?, Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News, May 17, 2006   mete [ meet ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dole out, apportion or distribute 2. (tr.v.) (archaic) to measure 3. (n.) boundary, edge or limit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Punishment should be meted out at the earliest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treasury's spending data could monitor government spending and mete out acute political embarrassment if a government was living beyond its means. Telegraph, Fiscal checks on government could be a vote winner, 27 Feb 2009   luminary [ LOO-muh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) natural objects in the sky 2. (n.) an object that emits light 3. (n.) a person who has achieved superiority 4. (n.) a person acts as a motivation to others 5. (adj.) pertaining to light   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The luminary glimmered in the dark night sky.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 60-page report, "A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover," made its sweeping recommendations following five months of hearings from thousands of people including space luminaries, science fiction writers and citizens. CNN, White House receives space vision report, Michael Coren, 16 June 2004   munificent [ myoo-NIF-uh'-suh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. very generous; liberal in giving 2. marked by generosity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The munificent bequest made by the industrialist was lauded by the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The recently-established Chair in Indian History and Culture, funded by a munificent benefaction from the Government of India, is helping to make Indian Studies ever more central to the University's academic mission. University of Oxford, Oxford University establishes formal links with Hindu Centre, 26 June 2006   artifact [ AHR-tuh'-fakt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an object made by humans that could be of historical interest 2. an article or structure that has been archaeologically excavated 3. an object that reflects contemporary culture 4. something that becomes apparent after extraneous (esp. human) activity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The artefacts were stolen from the museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The artifacts were part of a dagger buried with a warrior chief, near Stonehenge, nearly 4,000 years ago. Telegraph, Britain's 'most important archeological' discovery found in desk drawer, By Urmee Khan, 23 Oct 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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