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	05-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impervious [ im-pur-vee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not capable of making a way into 2. cannot be affected 3. immune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impervious walls of the castle could not be scaled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It should not be supposed, however, that such a wise body as Liverpool city council is impervious to certain objections. The Telegraph, Why pretend the past was cigarette-free? 13 August 2009   qualm [ kwahm, kwawm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abrupt onset of dizziness or sickness, as of nausea 2. a sudden feeling of discomfort or pang felt esp. when not sure that one's actions is morally or socially acceptable 3. a sudden uneasy or disturbing feeling; sudden apprehension   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felt a sudden qualm when he saw the corpse lying on the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Bush cannot be a nationalist, they argue, because he has no qualms about the destruction of the American, the shipping of U.S. jobs overseas, the tearing down of what remains of our borders, the demographic transformation of the United States Chronicles Magazine, His God Is Marching On, by Scott P. Richert   necropolis [ nuh'-KROP-uh'-lis, ne- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a cemetery, especially which is large and belongs to an ancient city   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some historians are of the view that Stonehenge is the site of a vast necropolis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While the tombs of seven Quli Qutub Shah kings, arguably among the world's largest necropolis (place where the royal family of a dynasty are buried), is to be restored by the Iranians with a budget of Rs 5 crore provided by the government of Andhra Pradesh. The Times of India, Iranians to heal Qutub Shahi tombs, Ganesh S Lakshman,TNN, 30 Jun 2006   progenitor [ proh-JEN-i-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an ancestor or a forefather 2. an originator, precursor, predecessor or founder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is one of the contenders to the title of the progenitor of impressionism.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The temperate, tolerant Western Europeans are handing themselves over to the leading progenitor of war, slavery, and civilizational disaster of the past fourteen centuries: Islam. Chronicles magzine, The Eurabian Revolution, by Gregory M. Davis   indefatigable [ in-di-FAT-i-guh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   incapable of being tired or fatigued   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indefatigable spirit is said to live on through his charitable organization.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I give you Bobby Moore in football, Ian Botham in cricket and Johnno himself in rugby, three men of indefatigable will who led by deed. Telegraph, Martin Johnson must solve England's identity crisis, By Kevin Garside, 01 Dec 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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