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	05-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vacuous [ VAK-yoo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. devoid of or lacking matter or contents 2. stupid, inane or deficient in ideas and intelligence 3. vacant or lacking expression 4. idle or lacking purpose   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vacuous expression convinced people that he was a dull person.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In August, a leaked memo allegedly from Tony Blair's office written last Autumn described Mr Brown's leadership as "vacuous" and confused. Telegraph, Financial crisis: Gordon Brown set for first Prime Minister's Questions after turbulent summer, By Chris Irvine, 08 Oct 2008   vilify [ VIL-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to malign, defame, slander or speak ill of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They vilified his name in order to seek revenge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many abroad vilify Mr Putin - who led Russia as president for eight years and remains its most powerful man despite stepping down and becoming prime minister. BBC, Russia fleet 'may leave Ukraine', By Mark Franchetti, 18 October 2008   precocious [ pri-KOH-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unusually advanced development mentally 2. characterized by or pertaining to unusually advanced development or maturity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A precocious student in the sixth grade won the quiz competition by defeating the senior students.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hawaiian-born Michelle Wie was not even a teenager in 2000 but was already turning heads with her precocious ability which easily outstripped that of boys of the same age. CNN, How Tiger defined golf in the Noughties, Paul Gittings, 28 December 2009.   effluvium [ i-FLOO-vee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. emanation or exhalation of invisible vapour having a noxious odour 2. a waste by-product 3. an aura or outflow of particles that are impalpable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She fainted because she inhaled a high concentration of effluvium from the chemical plant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In recent months, many of Dr.Frank Harbinger's patients have entered surgery complaining of effluvium. Telegraph, End column, 04 May 2005   revile [ ri-VAHYL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to scold or rebuke using offensive language 2. (intr.v.) to insult by means of abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The main accusation against the soldiers was that they reviled the prisoners of war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The contrast with neighbouring Nepal, where this year a much-reviled monarch was given his marching orders, could not be starker. The Economist, Crowning glory, Nov 13th 2008   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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