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	20-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists filigree [ FIL-i-gree ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) delicate and intricate ornamental work made from fine twisted wire of gold or silver 2. (n.) a delicate, intricate and fanciful ornamentation 3. (adj.) made of or resembling delicate and intricate ornaments 4. (tr. v.) to decorate with delicate and intricate design work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was the best goldsmith in town and had a team of jewellery designers who were experts at filigree work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Each bore decoration in gold filigree, the applied wire fused with the metal beneath to form an invisible bond. BBC, Hidden Treasure Fact Files, Dr Neil Faulkner, 5 November 2009.   pillory [ PIL-uh'-ree ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a device consisting of two parallel wooden boards with holes to lock the hands and legs of criminals and subject them to public scorn 2. (n.) a means for subjecting to public humiliation 3. (tr. v.) to subject to punishment by placing in a pillory 4. (tr. v.) to subject to public humiliation or abuse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is probably necessary to pillory the United States for not signing the Kyoto protocol.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Did the government eventually agree to a mention of the "centrality" of the Kashmir issue and was it scotched at the last minute? is another loaded question that continues to hang in the air. There are no answers to these in the pronouncements of those who now pillory Pakistan for the failure of the summit. The Times of India, Summitas Entertainment: The great Indian soap trick, Shastri Ramchandran,TNN, 20 Jul 2001   inexorable [ in-EK-ser-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unyielding, relentless or unmoved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   China and India's inexorable rise as superpowers is being viewed with a strong sense of trepidation by many westerners.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western foes to thwart China's inexorable rise. The Economist, China's dash for freedom, Jul 31st 2008   licentious [ lahy-SEN-shuh 's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lewd, immoral or promiscuous 2. ignoring or disregarding rules and laws   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His licentious lifestyle gave his wife no recourse but to file for a divorce.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His conduct to his Coadjutor Mr. Cogswell was compounded of all that was odious in ingratitude and bad faith, whilst for mere purposes of popularity, he has pushed the doctrines of Agrarianism & Dorrism to the most disgusting & licentious extent. Chronicles Magazine, What Is History? Part 4B, by Clyde N. Wilson   monotony [ muh'-NOT-n-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. wearisome uniformity or sameness 2. continuous or repetitive use of the same tone without any variation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The monotony of his job made him lose interest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The monotony of the factory towns was brutal in daylight, and the streets seemed abandoned during working hours Telegraph, Travel books, Clover Stroud learns about the world's most famous church and life in today's China, by Keith Miller, 16 Apr 2007   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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