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	10-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists overt [ oh-VURT, OH-vurt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   not concealed or hidden; open and observable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His overt hostility to his women colleagues hinted at him being a misogynist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Our current research suggests the same pattern: No more than a quarter of these churches engage in any overt political activity. Washington Post, Megachurch and State,Scott Thumma, July 27, 2008   extemporaneous [ ik-stem-puh'-REY-nee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. impromptu, spontaneous or delivered wit hardly any preparation 2. planned priorly but rendered without the use of notes 3. adapted, provided or made for the occasion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The extemporaneous gesture was well received.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While Palin is under pressure to present herself as an agile performer, Biden, too, must avoid the kind of extemporaneous remarks that have landed him in trouble before. abcNews, VP debate holds risk, promise, October 2, 2008   conjecture [ kuh'n-JEK-cher ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a guess 2. (n.) a theory without sufficient evidence or proof 3. (tr. v.) to guess or infer from evidence that is inconclusive 4. (intr. v.) to make a guess   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was not clairvoyant though his predictions which were based on conjecture sometimes turned out to be true.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was much conjecture on Wednesday about how good sales at Marks & Spencer really were over Christmas. The Telegraph, Look past M&S's sales semantics, James Hall, 6 January 2010.   theocracy [ thee-OK-ruh'-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a nation or state where the rule of god is established 2. a nation or state where the rule of the clergy or priests is established as they claim to possess divine powers or authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He termed the country a land of atheists where theocracy was abolished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Xinhua commentary on religion in Tibet accused the Dalai Lama of seeking to restore theocracy there and ignoring China's respect for religious freedoms. abcNews, China Decries Dalai Lama's Demands for Autonomy, December 4, 2008   melee [ MEY-ley, mey-LEY, MEL-ey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a chaotic or confused brawl or struggle 2. turmoil or confusion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The melee left many people injured.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This was the melee tournament - a brutal free-for-all with few rules - designed very much as a preparation for war. BBC, Brutal reality of the tournament, By Dominic Sutherland BBC Timewatch, 18 January 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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