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	11-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists obtrusive [ uh'b-TROO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. brash, impertinent or forward in conduct 2. protruding, thrusting out or projecting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her obtrusive disposition often led her colleagues to detest her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   U.S. officials have long talked of the need to make the Army less visible and less obtrusive, particularly in the capital. CNN, Document appears to seek al Qaeda help in Iraq, February 10, 2004   quandary [ KWON-duh'-ree, -dree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a state of doubt or uncertainty; dilemma   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was in a state of quandary, whether to pursue higher education overseas or in his own country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That is the quandary facing Celtic after the list of their potential last-16 opponents was completed this week. The Herald, Celtic prepared to beat the best, By MARTIN GREIG, December 14 2007   nefarious [ ni-FAIR-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   blatantly wicked   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The clandestine sale of nuclear technology to Pakistan by China and other such nefarious activities is a matter of great concern for the international community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the documents themselves have deepened suspicion about other nefarious nuclear activities. The Economist, North Korea: Going bang, Jun 26th 2008   impermeable [ im-pur-mee-uh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. resistant to seepage does not allow fluids to diffuse through   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impermeable quality of plastic caused it to be used in an assortment of house-hold products.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Balloon material is sterile, strong and impermeable. BBC, Health- Balloon material in surgery breakthrough, Jane O'Brien, 5 August 1999   tenacious [ tuh'-NEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having a firm or persistent hold 2. highly retentive 3. obstinate, persistent or stubborn 4. adhesive, sticky or viscous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her tenacious mind helped her memorize jargon through medical school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With a reputation among supporters as a shrewd administrator and tenacious activist, Ledezma, 53, has led or attended just about every anti-Chavez protest march. abcNews, New Caracas Mayor Seeks Detente With Chavez, By IAN JAMES Associated Press Writer, December 3, 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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