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	19-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists malevolent [ muh'-LEV-uh'-luh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having or displaying ill-will, hatred; disposed to causing harm or evil to others; malicious 2. having an evil, malicious influence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His malevolent attitude towards those who were more successful revealed a very mediocre character.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With his scraggly matted hair, chalky-white scarred face, smudged raccoon eyes and drunkenly-applied blood-red lipstick -- all the more disturbing when worn with a neat shirt, tie and vest -- Ledger seemed to have tapped into his darkest, deepest demons, only to channel them back into a malevolent anti-hero. ABC News, Ledger Frightening in Final Role in "Dark Knight", By Iain Blair June 30, 2008   refractory [ ri-FRAK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) stubborn, unruly or obstinate 2. (adj.) unyielding or immune to treatment 3. (adj.) difficult to affect, corrode, fuse or reduce especially by means of temperature 4. (n.) something that is refractory and especially that is used in lining a furnace 5. (n.) a substance that has a high melting point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His refractory attitude caused him a lot of problems.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Since RCCs have a poor prognosis and are refractory to standard chemotherapy, there is a need to develop new therapies for kidney cancer," Giaccia said. abcNews, Molecule Uses Cellular Recycling to Treat Kidney Cancer, By Robert Preidt, July 8   sextant [ SEK-stuh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring the altitudes of the stars or other celestial bodies   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the old days, before the discovery of radar the sextant was used in the navigation of ships.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Last week, a sextant -- an instrument used by navigators to measure the angular distance of the sun from the horizon -- with the inscription "Mercier" was found near "the fault". CNN, French explorer's shipwreck found, 10 May 2005.   impede [ im-PEED  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to obstruct 2. halt the progress of 3. hinder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They felt they could impede the construction of the factory by blocking the road which led to the site.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But his injury did little to impede his rise through the ranks, and much to add to his personal charisma. BBC, ISRAEL'S GENERALS: MOSHE DAYAN, 14 June 2004.   rile [ rahyf ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. abounding with or of frequent occurrence 2. widely prevalent 3. current in speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The village was rile with rumours that their village had been chosen as the location for some of the rural scenes for SRK's new movie.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sarah Beeny's sell-your-own-property site has riled estate agents across the country. The Telegraph, Word on the street: estate agents bite back, Anna Tyzack, 8 February 2010.   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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