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	21-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists renegade [ REN-i-geyd ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who rejects or abandons a religion or faith 2. (n.) a rebel , outlaw or one who behaves in a non-conventional way 3. (adj.) possessing characteristics of a renegade; unconventional 4. (intr.v.) to become or develop into a renegade   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone was shocked when the town renegade stepped into the church.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President-elect Barack Obama, also known as Renegade, had a say in choosing the code name that his protectors use when they are whispering into those microphones in their sleeves. The Times of India, Trailblazer is out as Renegade takes over, November 14, 2008   discordant [ dis-KAWR-dnt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disagreeing, contradicting or quarrelsome 2. harsh, dashing or cacophonous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The discordant attitude caused set backs in the peace process.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The exchange was one of the few discordant notes in a carefully controlled encounter. abcNews, China's President: Politics and Olympics Don't Mix, By CHARLES HUTZLER Associated Press Writer, August 1, 2008   unsullied [ uhn-SUHL-eed ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. immaculately clean and fresh 2. untarnished or unblemished   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unsullied clothes were folded and placed in the cupboard.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Much of Bhutan's earnings come from tourists who come in search of beautiful mountain scenery, ancient beliefs and a society unsullied by the larger world. abcNews, Losing the Yeti in Forgotten Nation of Bhutan, By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer, August 12, 2008   vignette [ vin-YET ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a design, illustration or picture that is put for decoration on the cover, front page or last page of a book 2. (n.) (of a movie or play) a scene or a short incident 3. (n.) a brief descriptive literary sketch 4. (tr.v.) to illustrate or portray briefly 5. (tr.v.) to complete or finish (a photograph, illustration or picture) like a vignette   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She put in a lot of effort to create the vignette.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a tiny little vignette of how things have changed. BBC, "It totally changed my life", by Chris Verguson   arboretum [ ahr-buh'-REE-tuh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a botanical garden 2. a piece of land on which different plants are grown either for study or show   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The college had a well maintained arboretum for those students who had opted for botany as a subject.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tony Kirkham, head of arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the UK's leading authority on tree planting, gives his top tips for planting trees. The Telegraph, Top tips for tree planting, 22 December 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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