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	24-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scourge [ skurj ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a whip or a lash 2. (n.) a person who administers punishment or severe criticism 3. (n.) a cause of calamity or affliction 4. (tr. v.) to punish by whipping 5.(tr. v.) to chastise or criticize severely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Anyone caught stealing would be administered twelve strokes of the scourge in the market square.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was elected as a nationalist reformer, the scourge of the landowning classes. The Telegraph, Hot on the heels of Imelda Marcos, Nick Meo, 2 May 2010.   precipitant [ pri-SIP-i-tuh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) rushing headlong 2. (adj.) rash, hasty or acting impulsively in thought or action 3. (adj.) happening abruptly or suddenly 4. (n.) anything that causes precipitation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager's precipitant decision to hire cheap labour resulted in the recruitment of inefficient people who did little or no productive work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But you said recently, ... there is no alternative to the occupation in Iraq, it's an inevitable consequence of precipitant military action, withdrawal is unthinkable. ... You couldn't at this point guarantee that Britain and America could pull out at that stage, could you? BBC, Election campaigns, 16 May 2004.   sapient [ SEY-pee-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sagacious, wise or shrewd 2. pertaining to or of humans viz. homo sapiens   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sapient inputs made the presentation a success.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As Andrei Piontkovsky, a sapient Russian commentator, points out, an alliance between Russia and China would be like one between a rabbit and a boa constrictor, with Russia as the lapine element. The Economist, The new cold what?, Sep 4th 2008   sardonic [ sahr-DON-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   cynical, mocking, scornful or sarcastic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He regarded her with a sardonic expression on his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the composer's current worldwide champion, he was undaunted by the music's contradictions, whereby bitter and sweet, icy and graceful, harsh and witty, big and small, romantic and unromantic, sardonic and sentimental, delicate and bludgeoning are qualities that go together. The Herald, London Symphony Orchestra, Usher Hall, CONRAD WILSON, August 18 2008   fritter [ FRIT-er ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a shred or a small piece, portion or fragment 2. (tr.v.) to squander or waste 3. (tr.v.) to shred or break into tiny fragments 4. (intr.v.) to dwindle, dissipate, degenerate or shrink   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is an expert tracker, who made use of a single fritter to solve his last case.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The speech made reference both to the healthcare and education reforms Mr Obama plans, and also the desire not to fritter away tax dollars. BBC, Determined Obama vows to renew US, 25 February 2009   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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