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	08-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists troth [ trawth, trohth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. faithfulness, fidelity or a pledge of fidelity 2. truth or verity 3. a person's promise 4. to pledge or betroth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his troth to marry her on his return from the crusade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But no sooner did the Democrats start measuring the White House for curtains than the Republicans had their convention, where Bush plighted his troth. CNN, Voters are a fickle lot, Bill Schneider, 16 May 2000.   polemic [ puh'-LEM-ik, poh- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a debate, controversy or argument 2. (n.) one who is controversial or polemic 3. (adj.) controversial, debatable or argumentative 4. (adj.) pertaining to or of a dispute or controversy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The polemic was noisy, involving a lot of jargon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions. BBC, WHY WE FIGHT, Eugene Jarecki, 8 June 2007   unobtrusive [ uhn-uh'b-TROO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   reticent, inconspicuous or reserved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was regarded as the classic example of an unobtrusive wife.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Slim and unobtrusive, the Door Guardian comes in several finishes, including brass. CNN, What to put between you and burglars, January 11, 2008   carp [ kahrp ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to unreasonably criticize or complain 2. (n.) an irritable, peevish or fretful complaint 3. (n.) an Asian fresh-water fish that is often bred for food   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She carped about the settlement of her divorce all her life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Public information officers may carp about the burgeoning number of applications that land on their desks every day, but the fact remains that the Right to Information Act is sadly underutilised. The Times of India, Keep a watch on govt with Rs 10, Seema Kamdar, 27 December 2004   replete [ ri-PLEET ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) complete 2. (adj.) stout, fat or well stuffed 3. (adj.) abounding, flourishing or abundant 4. (n.) a member of a species of ants that stores food within its body for the consumption of others   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The original replete works of Keats were housed in this museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   From big-time industrialists to those with a gastronomic taste, they all make a beeline to munna to avail the best spread, replete with lavish and grandeur. The Times of India, Gourmet Wonder, 16 Sep 2001   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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