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	17-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tyro [ TAHY-roh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a novice, amateur or one who is just beginning to learn something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tyro will undergo two months of training.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The champions argue that it makes more sense for them, and also in the long run for England, if tyros come under their enlightened wing earlier. Telegraph, Premier League plan for elite boarders, By Henry Winter, 08 Oct 2008   umbrage [ UHM-brij ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. offence, displeasure or resentment 2. foliage of trees that cast shadows and provide shade 3. a hint or indication of doubt or hostility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The umbrage should not go unpunished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Everybody gets annoyed at some point and hearing other people's tales of umbrage can be pretty entertaining. BBC, Losing it!, By contributor Jennifer Bartram   hubris [ HYOO-bris, HOO- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   arrogance, insolence or excessive pride or self-confidence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His hubris was the cause of his downfall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is a kind of hubris in this withdrawal, as though being depressed were a way of saying, "this imperfect, difficult world is not good enough for me. CNN, Are you depressed -- or just disappointed?, By Michael Vincent Miller, January 27, 2009   vestige [ VES-tij ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a trace of something that is not existent any more 2. a degenerate or remnant of an organ that was fully developed and working in an earlier generation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many vestiges of the Indus Valley Civilization were uncovered during the excavation carried out at Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bank of England Governor Eddie George has offered a vestige of comfort to the UK's hard-pressed manufacturing sector. BBC, Business: The Economy UK rates will fall 'if deemed necessary', November 26, 1998   angular [ ANG-gyuh'-ler ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having, consisting of or forming an angle 2. bony, gaunt or lean 3. stiff, unyielding or rigid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The angular section in the otherwise circular room was a misfit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tall and angular, dressed in purple and red checks and armed with simple spears, the Maasai warriors of the Ngorongoro highlands maintain a steady gaze as we slow past them in the Land Cruiser. Telegraph, Year of Discovery competition: walking with the Maasai, By Stuart Heaver, 19 Dec 2008   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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