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	04-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists insolence [ IN-suh'-luh'ns  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. impertinent in speech or behaviour 2. the act or instance of being contemptuously rude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parents were shocked by the insolence their son displayed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "We challenge him on the continuing corrupt company that we see plotting around and controlling affairs from Aso Rock (presidential villa)," said Soyinka, who slammed "the insolence with which the legislators have treated this nation". The Telegraph, Nigeria: Protesters demand resignation of ailing president, 13 January 2010.   comeuppance [ kuhm-UHP-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a deserved punishment or penalty; just deserts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His comeuppance was applauded by one and all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nixon, of course, got his comeuppance. CNN, Can politicians be trusted?, By CNN's Barry Neild, September 20, 2006   dilate [ dahy-LEYT, di-, DAHY-leyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to cause to become wider or to expand 2. (intr.v.) to expand 3. (intr.v.) to expatiate or discourse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her pupils were dilated showing that she was scared.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ultrasound imaging techniques showed that arteries in and around the brain dilated when volunteers became stressed, causing a rush of blood to the head. Telegraph, Anger really does cause a rush of blood to the head, find scientists, By Heidi Blake, 03 Jul 2009   chortle [ CHAWR-tl ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (v.) to chuckle gleefully 2. (v.) to express one's happiness with a gleeful chuckle 3. (n.) a gleeful chuckle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children chortled when they saw the antics of the clown.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the rest of the speech, Mr Wilson consulted his BlackBerry on more than one occasion and joined in repeated Republican jeers, sarcastic chortles and waving bits of paper that by themselves breached protocol for joint sessions, when the House of Representatives and the Senate assemble to listen to the head of state. The Telegraph, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson breaks protocol by heckling Obama, Alex Spillius, 10 September 2009.   seismic [ SAHYZ-mik, SAHYS-  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or characterized by an earthquake 2. caused by earth vibration or by an earthquake 3. quaking of the earth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The test of an underground nuclear explosion caused seismic disturbances over a radius of ten miles from its epicentre.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The plan authorizes the Interior Department to conduct seismic surveys off the south- and mid-Atlantic coasts to "determine the quantity and location of potential oil and gas resources to support energy planning," according to a statement from a White House official. CNN, Obama energy plan would open Atlantic and Gulf drilling, 1 April 2010.   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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