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	09-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demotic [ di-MOT-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to the ordinary form of a language 2. (adj.) pertaining to the common people 3. (n.) the language of Greece   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He wrote modern poetry but copied the traditional style of demotic verse.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Any Briton watching would have been reminded of the easy, demotic charm of Tony Blair. The Telegraph, Barack Obama on Jay Leno risks becoming a bore, Simon Heffer, 20 March 2009.   precipitous [ pri-SIP-i-tuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. impassably or extremely steep 2. resembling a sheer drop; extremely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To reach the chateau at the top of the hill you could either take the bus or you could climb up the precipitous cliff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Woods' fall from grace has been precipitous. CNN, Tiger Woods to play his way out, Vartan Kupelian, 17 March 2010.   intrepid [ in-TREP-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   resolutely fearless; brave; courageous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A bold and intrepid spirit is necessary to join the armed forces of our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   THE cast of "Bankwatch" may be less easy on the eye than that of "Baywatch", but the interest among its City viewers is intense. Can the Bank of England's intrepid lifeguards rescue the economy from the financial storm that broke six months ago? The Economist, Bankwatch, Feb 7th 2008   cravat [ kruh'-VAT ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a scarf or a band of cloth worn esp. by men around the neck; a necktie   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   With his shaven head, wearing a black overcoat, with black trousers, black shoes and a black cravat tied around his neck, he cut an intimidating and somewhat sinister figure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To an observer standing out in the center of the road looking back toward the tables in the shade of the oak tree, he would have looked stern and uncomfortable in his black coat, the white dressing twisted about his neck like a tight cravat. CNN - Books, "Cold Mountain" By Charles Frazier, Atlantic Monthly, 1997   apogee [ Ap-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite at which it is farthest from the earth 2. the farthest or highest point, the apex   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a static in communications as the satellite neared the apogee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chinese tea culture has reached its apogee. National Geographic, Sky Show Friday: Biggest, Brightest Full Moon of 2008, Andrew Fazekas, December 11, 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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