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	30-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reactionary [ ree-AK-shuh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) regressive, conservative or pertaining to or strongly advocating reaction in politics and opposing political and social change 2. (n.) a person who is reactionary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reactionary views mentioned in the newspaper are fast becoming popular.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to Vinod Kelkar, "The setting up of a third-party forum (comprising individuals from different professions, including doctors) is needed to curb reactionary attacks." The Times of India, Doctors under siege, Vishwas Kothari, October 20, 2008   flail [ fleyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instrument or device that is used for threshing which contains a handle made of wood at one end and a stick that swings freely at the other 2. (tr.v.) to sing or whip freely as though with a flail 3. (tr.v.) to thresh by means of a flail 4. (intr.v.) to vigorously and erratically thrash about   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A flail is termed as a weapon and carrying it on one's person is prohibited.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was also sentenced to 28 days for possessing an offensive weapon, a flail which he swung at a police officer and criminal damage during an incident at his brother's home in Luton. BBC, Chemist struck off for 'attacks' , 14 December 2005   veracity [ vuh-RAS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. honesty or truthfulness 2. precision or accuracy 3. a fact or truth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was detested by his colleagues to such an extent that his veracity was in question every time something went missing from the office.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A move to get a police investigation into the veracity of England's chief inspector of schools has split a leading teaching union. BBC, Education Woodhead issue splits heads' union, April 26, 1999   ghastly [ GAST-lee, GAHST- ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) terrible, horrible or frightful 2. (adj.) bearing a resemblance to a ghost 3. (adj.)very serious or great 4. (adv.) horribly or terribly 5. (adv.) possessing a deathlike quality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His work was termed by the critics to be of a ghastly nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Victoria state Premier John Brumby said Marysville, which has been off-limits since the weekend fires, would remain so because of the likelihood of ghastly sights in the once idyllic town. abcNews, Mass Deaths Feared in Sealed-off Australia Town, By Daniel Munoz, February 11, 2009   warmonger [ WAWR-muhng-ger, -mong- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who advocates war   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was branded a warmonger due to her habit of inciting her friends against each other.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The U.S. and South Korean warmongers would be well advised to stop acting rashly, properly understanding who their rival is. CNN, North Korea: Sanctions a declaration of war, April 18, 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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