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recalcitrant [ ri-KAL-si-truh' nt ]
 noun, adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. (adj.) resistant to or defiant of control or authority
2. (adj.) difficult to deal with or manage; unresponsive; resistant
3. (n.)a recalcitrant person
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The recalcitrant school boys in the inner cities of America make teaching there an unpleasant occupation.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Yet Mr Ross Goobey never saw himself as a policeman keeping recalcitrant bosses in check—more a proud capitalist who wanted to see capitalism work properly.
Economist, The war on corpocracy, Feb 12th 2008
 
disputatious [ dis-pyoo'-TEY-shuh's ]
 adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. inclined to be argumentative or contentious
2. given to being disagreeable
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 Management and labour could not reconcile their differences because of the disputatious union leader.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 The Scots are, as the late Willie Ross (Scottish Secretary in the 1970s) once said, a disputatious people.
BBC, McConnell tells of new confidence, 9 October 2004,
 
sylvan [ SIL-vuh'n  ]
 noun, adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. (adj.) pertaining to, consisting of or abounding in the trees
2. (adj.) living in the woods
3. (n.) a person who dwells in the woods
3. (n.) the spirit of the woods
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The children were warned that if they misbehaved sylvan creatures would come out of the woods and carry them away.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Crossing the Aberaeron road, there is a quiet road up to Falcondale Lake and a walk takes up one side of this sylvan setting.
BBC, Weatherman Walking: Lampeter 3, 27 February 2007.
 
legend [ LEJ-uh'nd  ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 1. any unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical
2. an inscription
3. a collection of stories about a great person
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The old man told the little children the legend of the farmer's son who became king by slaying the dragon.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Legend has it that Friar Tuck poisoned King John in Newark Castle as revenge for the murder of Maid Marian.
BBC, The legend of Robin Hood, 2 March 2010.
 
chafe [ cheyf ]
 noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
 MEANING :
 1. (tr.v.) to vex, irritate or annoy
2. (tr.v.) to rub (esp. hands) and make warm
3. (tr.v.) to abrade or make sore by rubbing
4. (intr.v.) to wear away or become sore as a result of rubbing
5. (intr.v.) to irritate, annoy or vex
6. (n.) annoyance, vexation or irritation
7. (n.) soreness or warmth due to friction
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The rough cloth chafed his skin raw.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 They continue to chafe under the inefficiency, corruption and red tape of their unusual system of government.
BBC, Libyans mark Gaddafi anniversary, By Roger Hardy , 2 March 2007
 
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. Principe
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