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	04-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists importunate [ im-PAWR-chuh'-nit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being annoyingly persistent when soliciting 2. troublesome, pertinacious demands 3. annoying imploring or urgent pleading   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was on his way to the office when he was accosted by an importunate insurance salesman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He plied the lady with champagne and cajoled her with winks and nods into dismissing the host of importunate suitors jostling around her. The Telegraph, Brigadier Lord Vivian, 12 March 2004.   ratify [ RAT-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to approve of 2. to confirm by giving formal sanction 3. to express consent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The contract was made binding after it was ratified by both parties.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lawmakers in Ukraine scuffled with each other, throwing punches and eggs, as parliament met Tuesday ratified a treaty with Russia that extends the latter's navy presence in the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula until 2042. CNN, Fists fly in Ukraine parliament punch up, 27 April 2010.   surmise [ v. ser-MAHYZ; n. ser-MAHYZ, SUR-mahyz ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to infer or guess without any logical or conclusive evidence 2. (intr.v.) to guess or deduce without evidence 3. (n.) a conjecture, idea or opinion that has been formed without any evidence or logical explanation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He surmised the conclusion of the story to everyone's astonishment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some Syria-watchers have surmised that the American attack was carried out with the complicity of the Syrian authorities, even though it was incumbent on them to complain after the event. Economist, A puzzling raid, Oct 30th 2008   hermitage [ HUR-mi-tij  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a retreat or secluded dwelling place 2. the place where a hermit lives or his way of life 3. a rich, full-bodied, red wine which is produced in the southeast of France   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The author retreated to a hermitage in the hope that the solitude would help him think and develop new ideas for his novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Traditionally hermitages have been located in caves and huts, often in the desert or woods, sometimes abutting monastery buildings of a cenobitic community when there was an exchange of labour and provisions. Wikipedia, Hermitage (religious retreat)   gesticulation [ je-stik-yuh-LEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of making signs 2. an animated or excited action 3. a deliberate, vigorous motion or sign   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her gesticulations indicated that she was getting very excited and irked by our inability to understand her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The other thing that I specifically noticed was there was way too much hand movement, way too much gesticulation - you do not need it all," explained Mr Jeffries. BBC, Speaking lessons 'came too late', 29 October 2003.   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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