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	25-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists winsome [ WIN-suh'm  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pleasing, charming or engaging 2. light-hearted or cheerful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His winsome attitude got him the contract.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It returned in triumph to the winsome tunes of bagpipes, though it was guarded closely in a closed Land Rover over the bridge at Coldstream. CNN, Scotland's 'Stone of Scone' finds its way home, Richard Blystone, November 15, 1996   arable [ AR-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cultivable, fit to grow crops or capable of being used for farming 2. (n.) land that is fit for agriculture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The arable land was not for sale.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Growing the plant does not create pressure on supplies of arable land and water in the way that agricultural crop biofuels does. Telegraph, Scientists to investigate how to make green fuel from seaweed, By Simon Johnson, 17 Dec 2008   circumscribe [ SUR-kuh' m-skrahyb, sur-kuh' m-SKRAHYB ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to confine, constrict or limit carefully 2. to encompass or encircle 3. to define, mark or set the limits of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The planting of mango trees was circumscribed to the area surrounding the village.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You can be circumscribed by your success. Telegraph, Juliet Stevenson: 'I would love a completely different life?', 21 Feb 2008   deft [ deft ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. nimble 2. skillful and quick 3. adept   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sculptor chiseled away at the block of marble with deft strokes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The star of the day was Nishi Sheikh, who attracted the most attention with her electric blue dress and deft dance moves. BBC, Beauty pageant inspires India's transgenders, Prachi Pinglay, 30 January 2010.   extradition [ ek-struh'-DISH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the surrender of an alleged fugitive from justice by one state, nation, or authority to another 2. the legal surrender of an alleged fugitive to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The serial killer was trying to avoid extradition to a state which had the death penalty.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Their most recent claim was that prosecutors relied on "false statements" in seeking Polanski's extradition from Switzerland and had argued that releasing the sealed transcripts from testimony of one of the original prosecutors would prove their assertion. The Telegraph, Roman Polanski case: judge refuses to unseal 'false' testimony, 11 May 2010.   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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