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	24-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists menial [ MEE-nee-uh' l, MEEN-yuh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) degrading, low, servile or submissive 2. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of slaves or servants 3. (n.) a domestic slave or servant 4. (n.) a submissive or servile person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Menial labour, unfortunately, is looked down upon and does not carry the same respect as other jobs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He worked in menial jobs until he was 25, when a school friend who was directing commercials took on Ritchie as a runner. CNN, Rock 'n' roll Ritchie, By Mark Tutton For CNN, September 5, 2008   flagellate [ v. FLAJ-uh'-leyt; adj., n. FLAJ-uh'-lit, -leyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to flog, scourge or whip 2. (adj.) having a shape like a flagellum 3. (adj.) pertaining to or of a flagellate 4. (n.) a protozoa or an alga that possesses one or more flagella   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To have anyone flagellated so mercilessly is a crime against humanity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some worshippers and clerics flagellated themselves to the sounds of mourning invocations. CNN, 11 die in attacks in Iraq, From Jomana Karadsheh, November 28, 2008   idiosyncrasy [ id-ee-uh'-sing-kruh'-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a behaviour pattern peculiar to a type of individual or group of such like minded people 2. eccentric mannerisms   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their idiosyncrasies helped them bond over a delightful meal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The performance goes well beyond caricature in its expressivity and exhilarating idiosyncrasy. CNN, Review: Streep makes 'Julia' worthwhile, Tom Charity, 7 August 2009   imponderable [ im-PON-der-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) that which can't be evaluated, measured or determined precisely 2. (n.) one that is imponderable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The imponderable nature of his theory gave rise to a lot of debate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scotland's big imponderable is how many of the country's 40,000 banking staff will lose their jobs. BBC, Recession around the UK, 23 January 2009   malevolence [  muh'-LEV-uh'-luh'ns  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1, (n.) spitefulness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He spoke with utmost malevolence when he challenged the champion for a rematch.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is far easier for them to contain domestic dissent over a poorly performing economy and restricted personal freedoms when they can frighten their citizens by invoking a malevolent threat from outside. CNN, Analysis: Why is Iran so upset with Britain? Robin Oakley, 23 June 2009   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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