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	21-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists detraction [ di-TRAK-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. disparagement, belittling or malicious criticism 2. detracting or an act of taking away   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detraction was uncalled for.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Middle East has its own oil use and therefore the detraction from the amount it can give to the rest of the world market has also gone up by 45%. BBC, Do speculators exploit the poor?, By Terry Messenger BBC Money Programme, 28 January 2009   placate [ PLEY-keyt ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to appease 2. (tr. v.) to pacify 3. (n.) a piece of plate armor to protect the torso   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The peasants realised that the only way to placate the despot was to offer him half of their produce.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces would take responsibility for security from international troops within five years in an inauguration speech which placated his impatient Western allies. The Telegraph, Hamid Karzai: Afghan forces to take over from foreign troops in five years, Ben Farmer and Mary Riddell, 19 November 2009.   bog [ bog, bawg  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) soil which is soft and naturally waterlogged 2. (n.) an area comprising ground which is soft and naturally waterlogged 3. (tr. v.) to cause to sink in as if in a waterlogged soft soil patch 4. (intr. v.) to be hindered or disturbed from doing work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The land was not worth the price because it contained a bog which occupied a quarter of the plot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Also, a bottom-of-the-range Audi A3 could accurately describe itself as more affordable than a bog standard Ford Focus. The Telegraph, Mr Money: Ford finally rethinks prices, Mike Rutherford, 4 April 2010.   palpable [ PAL-puh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. able to be felt or touched 2. intense enough to be almost felt or touched; perceived with ease   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tension in the courtroom as the Judge delivered the verdict was palpable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That they have been proved wrong and that they are the authors of their own misfortune is palpable. The Telegraph, The election that could rock the nation to its core, By Alan Cochrane, 26/07/2008   conformist [ kuh'n-FAWR-mist ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who complies or is in agreement with 2. (n.) a person who acts in accordance with certain customs 3. (adj.) characterized by acting in agreement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a conformist and did exactly what was expected of him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They have accused the festival - which was once regarded as counter-cultural - of becoming conformist in its apparent wish to acknowledge modern diversity. BBC, Church festival draws criticism, John McManus, 28 August 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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