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	01-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists roil [ roil ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to disturb, render turbid or disorder by stirring up sediment in a liquid 2. (tr.v.) to irritate, vex or displease 3. (intr.v.) to proceed violently, turbulently or in an agitated manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His remarks roiled the management of the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The reason the security concerns play directly onto oil prices is that they threaten supply and roil the oil markets. BBC, What is driving oil prices so high?, 20 April 2006   demean [ dih-MEEN ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to debase or humiliate 2. to lower the dignity of 3. to behave or conduct oneself   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher who demeaned a student for not completing his homework was dismissed by the principal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   America's spat with Israel demeans the world's leading power, which, in its petulance is acting like a banana republic. The Telegraph, Barack Obama builds on George W Bush's bad mistakes, Simon Heffer, 19 March 2010.   invidious [ in-VID-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. objectionable; tending to cause ill will or resentment 2. unfair; offensively discriminating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His propensity to make habitual invidious remarks made him extremely unpopular.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The emerging political, economic and security divides are no less invidious. The Times of India, LEADER ARTICLE: Bridge Global Divides, Brahma Chellaney, 28 Jan 2008   poultice [ POHL-tis ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body 2. (n.) a moist mass of clay or other adhesive substance which is heated and spread on cloth then applied to stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body 3. (tr. v.) to apply a poultice to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She used leaves and moss to prepared a poultice which she applied to his sprained ankle then bound it firmly with a strip of cloth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Visiting a practitioner and buying a ready-prepared pill, syrup or poultice keeps us equally separate from the plants in the countryside. The Telegraph, Doctor in the house, Sarah Lonsdale, 2 July 2005.   parlous [ PAHR-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   risky, dangerous or perilous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parlous state of affairs in Africa calls for the urgent intervention of rich nations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many more are simply not Britain's fault; we are not to blame for the parlous economic state of many Islamic countries. CNN, British press fears wave of terrorism, July 1, 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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