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	15-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dyspeptic [ dis-PEP-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a gloomy, pessimistic or morose disposition 2. (adj.) of, pertaining to or having dyspepsia or indigestion 3. (n.) indigestion or a person suffering from indigestion or dyspepsia 4. (n.) ill humour or disgruntlement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His dyspeptic outlook made him blame his failures on others.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Duncan Fletcher's dyspeptic comments about Steve Harmison, Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard were further confirmation of his awkward relationship with England's bowlers. Telegraph, Duncan Fletcher's attack reveals his favourites, By Derek Pringle, 22 Apr 2008   odoriferous [ oh-duh'-RIF-er-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. diffusing, yielding or giving off an odour 2. morally offensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Cooking this particular type of fish is difficult because of its odoriferous nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Small discs of cattle blood and odoriferous gel are covered with a membrane to mimic skin, and then mosquitoes are released into the olfactometer. CNN, Mosquitoes have discriminating tastes, August 26, 1999   mesmerize [  MEZ-muh'-rahyz  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to hypnotize 2. (tr. v.) to put into a trance 3. (tr. v.) to captivate the senses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The dancer's grace mesmerized the members of the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cryptic sea dragons ghost in and out of the fronds and giant cuttlefish mesmerize their prey with fantastic light displays. BBC, Science and Nature:TV and Radio follow-up, 9 September   bohemian [ boh-HEE-mee-uh'n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a native of Bohemia 2. (n.) a person who lives and acts without regard for conventional standards 3. (adj.) pertaining to Bohemia, its people, or their language or the unconventional life of a Bohemian   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enjoyed roaming about the country and living a bohemian lifestyle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he first hit the big time in 1996, he rocked the biggest, fluffiest Afro this side of the '70s and evoked a distinctly bohemian vibe. CNN, Singer Maxwell finds his way back, Denise Quan, 14 December 2009.   defrock [ dee-FROK ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to unseat or deprive of ecclesiastical rank and privileges 2. to strip of a frock 3. to unseat or deprive of an honorary position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bishop defrocked the travelling preacher as he did not restrict his discourses to strict eclectically principles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A former vicar who was sacked and defrocked after a church court found him guilty of adultery has been denied permission to launch an appeal against the ecclesiastic ruling. BBC, Defrocked vicar refused appeal, 23 October 1998.   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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