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	06-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists misanthrope [ mee-zahn*-tr*awp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who hates, mistrusts, or dislikes everyone in general   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being a misanthrope meant that he had no friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many readers will find themselves drawn to Engleby, a witty misanthrope who rails against modern life, declining standards of education and almost all music after Steely Dan. ABC News,Sebastian Faulks Returns With 'Engleby', JILL LAWLESS, September 15, 2007   aquiline [ AK-wuh'-lahyn, -lin ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of the nose) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak 2. of, relating to, characteristics of or resembling an eagle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His aquiline nose gave his face a distinctive look.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The mummies' funerary masks, with their curls, long aquiline noses, and wide eyes, reflect the influence of Greek sculpture. National Geographic, Valley of the Mummies, By Donovan Webster   demur [ di-MUR ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to object, take exception or voice opposition 2. (tr.v.) to file or enter a demurrer 3. (n.) an objection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politician was furious and demurred strongly at the language used.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Foreign Office demurred, arguing that it was focused on securing the return of two former British residents still detained at the US naval base in Cuba – Binyam Mohamed and Shaker Aamer. Telegraph, Britain tells US it won't take Guantánamo prisoners unless rest of Europe does, By Alex Spillius in Washington, 09 Jan 2009   chaff [ chaf, chahf ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) thin dry bracts or scales, especially a. those enclosing mature grains of wheat and other cereal grasses, removed during threshing b. borne on the receptacle among the small individual flowers of many plants in the composite family 2. (n.) finely cut hay or straw used as fodder 3. (n.) trivial or worthless matter 4. (n.) strips of metal, foil or glass fibres, and having varying frequency responses, ejected into the air for reflecting radar waves- as a radar countermeasure 5. (v.) to tease in a good natured way, banter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fodder for the cows consisted mainly of chaff and dried grass.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As such, its getting progressively more difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. BBC, Sybarite Placement Issues, by Olli Siebelt, 20 November 2002   diaphanous [ dahy-AF-uh'-nuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. translucent or transparent 2. airy or ethereal 3. vague, indistinct or insubstantial   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The diaphanous layer of tissue was peeled away to reveal a beautiful fabric.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The diaphanous images of the tiny fairies were first published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who created Sherlock Holmes. BBC, UK Fairy tale enchants a new generation, February 18, 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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