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	11-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists plenitude [ PLEN-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. completeness or fullness 2. abundance or ampleness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He sensed a feeling of plenitude in the air as he looked at the happy faces around him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A sense of plenitude and intense lightness emerges - authentic, surprising and happy. The Times of India, A new masculine freedom, 15 Jun 2007   superficial [ soo-per-FISH-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being close to or pertaining to the surface 2. shallow, apparent or not profound 3. trivial or not substantial   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The superficial layer is made of fine sheets made of pressed wood.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The book, published this week, urges people to reject the superficial temptations offered by contemporary culture. Telegraph, Disney accused by Catholic cleric of corrupting children's minds, By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, 29 Nov 2008   propensity [ pruh'-PEN-si-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an innate tendency, preference or inclination   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His propensity to lie is becoming a bigger problem day by day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the High Court in Glasgow Lord Hodge told Harkins it was clear he had a "propensity for violence". BBC, Bouncer jailed for three assaults, 11 April 2007   pungent [ PUHN-juh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having an irritating or acrid sensation 2. sharp, caustic or penetrating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pungent smell made every one ill.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With punch, as well as good timing, his new book, "Palace Council", takes on American politics at its most pungent and most powerful. The Economist, Stephen Carter's "Palace Council", Jun 19th 2008   waffle [ wof-uh l ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a crisp, light battercake that is baked in a waffle iron 2. (n.) an evasive or pretentious writing 3. (adj.) having a surface like that of a waffle 4. (intr.v.) to write or speak vaguely or evasively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politicians waffles were used by his opponents during the general elections to prove his inefficiency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Six hundred years ago, Brussels was just a nice place to stop and buy a waffle on the way to France. CNN, Brussels: One of Europe's great travel secrets, By Rick Steves Tribune Media Services, July 23, 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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