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	18-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists banter [ BAN-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to playfully ridicule or tease 2. (intr.v.) to tease playfully 3. (n.) a playful exchange of teasing remarks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They bantered all through the night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I don't mind a bit of the friendly banter going on but I've said right from the start that I don't like, and won't like, any personal barrages towards anyone. Pointing said. The Times of India, Ponting sees sledging as friendly banter, 5 Jun 2002   tenet [ TEE-nit; Amr. also TEN-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a principle, dogma, doctrine or belief that a person or organisation generally holds true   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tenets of the organization were unchallenged for almost a century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Iraqi government has seemingly moved closer to the central tenet of his foreign policy. The Economist, A lucky man, Jul 24th 2008   trenchant [ TREN-chuh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. caustic, penetrating or incisive in nature 2. energetic , effective or forceful 3. distinct, sharply defined or clear-cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was known for his trenchant wit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hughes became an increasingly trenchant critic of Adams following the IRA's 1997 decision to call a cease-fire so that Sinn Fein could join peace talks on Northern Ireland's future. abcNews, IRA Figure Brendan Hughes Dies, February 19, 2008   unctuous [ UHNGK-choo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. excessively smug or insincerely eager 2. having a slippery, greasy or oily character that is characteristic of an ointment or oil 3. (of minerals) marked by an oily, greasy or soapy feel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unctuous expression on his face was extremely irritating.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I miss the unctuous attentions of the retail sector, the vaguely cheeselike scent of crisp new bills. CNN, The agony of seven days without spending, By Steve Almond, November 13, 2008   unkempt [ uhn-KEMPT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not combed, messy or untidy 2. unpolished, disorderly or crude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His unkempt appearance was part of his style statement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Our clothes were in rags, our appearance unkempt and forbidding. National Geographic, My Life in Forbidden Lhasa, By Heinrich Harrer   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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