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	24-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists discreet [ di-SKREET ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. circumspect, prudent, diplomatic or judicious or wise in selection of words 2. modest or unpretentious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A discreet look into her past brought out many disturbing facts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A discreet approach to the North Koreans was rebuffed with a second nuclear weapons test. Telegraph, Barack Obama will pledge to heal rift with Islam, By Alex Spillius in Washington, 01 Jun 2009   befuddle [ bi-FUHD-l ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to confuse or perplex, as with glib statements or arguments 2. to stupefy or muddle with or as if with alcoholic drink   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was befuddled by his campaign promises.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   French, Italian and African names with apostrophes can befuddle computer systems, too. abcNews, Computers have loads o' trouble with apostrophes, By Sean Odriscoll, Associated Press   panoply [ PAN-uh'-plee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a splendid display 2. all the arms and armour of a warrior 3. any complete covering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The panoply of colourful flags at the ceremony was very pleasing to the eye.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We can utilize the panoply of sensors and detection devices and monitoring equipment and military hardware to ensure that we do not continue to be subjected to what amounts to an onslaught every single day. CNN, Pentagon weighs border deployment, May 13, 2006   abrade [ uh'-BREYD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to wear away by scrubbing or rubbing 2. (tr.v.) wear down spiritually 3.(intr.v.) to scrape off   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The shirt was abraded around the collar due to a rough scrubbing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At some point in the history of a bronze statue of Uma dated 1012, the face became abraded by the daily ritual of bathing and anointing, so the temple sent it back to the sculptor's workshop for renewal. Telegraph, Encounters with the divine, by Richard Dorment, 16 Nov 2006   panegyric [ pan-i-JIR-ik, -JAHY-rik ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   speech or words in praise of a person or a thing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Shane Warne's panegyric to Sachin Tendulkar in his autobiography was heartening to all Indians.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Indeed, parts of his book read as a panegyric to President Nazarbayev, with whom he became quite close. The Telegraph, Pick of the paperbacks, In Search of Kazakhstan by Christopher Robbins   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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