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	07-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nimble [ NIM-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. quick or agile in movement or action 2. quick and clever in understanding or quick-witted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For a large man, he was surprisingly nimble on his feet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His nimble fingers dance along the neck of the guitar as he asks visitors where they're from, what they want to hear and even provide tidbits about the song they requested. ABC News, Guitarist Is Country Music Hall Ambassador, By JOE EDWARDS, June 24, 2008   behoove [  bi-HOOV ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to be necessary or proper for 2. (intr.v.) to be necessary, advantageous or proper   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Polite manners are behooved for success in the service industry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If you decide to take tomorrow off, it behooves you to tell the truth. CNN, One-third of workers play hooky, By Jason Ferrara, January 26, 2009   dulcet [ DUHL-sit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. melodious or pleasing to one's ears 2. agreeable or soothing 3. sweet   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her dulcet tone made people want to listen to her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The dulcet tones played by a quartet of celebrated musicians at President Obama's inauguration were recorded. The Washington Post, Taped Music Played at Inauguration, 23 January 2009, accessed 9 July 2009   marauder [ muh'-RAWD ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who moves about to raid or plunder goods   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The marauder moved from village to village plundering anything that he thought was remotely valuable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1755-9), forest franchises meant "the absolute impossibility of rendering any law, authorising a marauder to enter the property of another man, under pretence of killing game, compatible with the sacred security of property" on which prosperity and liberty depended. University of Oxford, Seeint the Forests for the trees   accolade [ AK-uh'-leyd, -lahd; ak-uh'-LEYD, -LAHD ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) award, honour or special acknowledgement 2. (n.) a ceremonial embrace or a touch with the flat side of a sword on the shoulder that is used to confer knighthood 3. (tr.v.) to honour or shower praises on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Accolades were plentiful once his role in the freedom struggle became known.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Jones received his accolade at the Evening Herald Gold Star Awards. BBC, Accolade for gas explosion hero, 25 March 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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