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	13-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists preeminent [ pree-EM-uh'-nuh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. outstanding or a cut above the others 2. superior to or better than   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is a preeminent actor and most of the new entrants into the profession try to emulate him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of America's preeminent political power couples made a rare joint appearance Friday, when Bill and Hillary Clinton took the stage at the former president's Clinton Global Initiative conference. CNN, Clintons share stage, kiss during global initiative event, Elise Labott, 26 September 2009.   hindsight [ HAHYND-sahyt  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. perception of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation after it has occurred or recognition of the significance of events only after they have taken place 2. the rear sight of a firearm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager spoke from hindsight when he said that the project failed because they had been overconfident.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Doctors called as expert witnesses in medical negligence cases are biased by hindsight, it has been claimed. BBC, Doctors' evidence in court 'biased' , 21 February 2000.   pariah [ puh'-RAHY-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a member belonging to a low caste; an untouchable 2. a social outcast   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His philandering ways turned him into a pariah.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pariahs of one age—programme-trading, short-selling, junk bonds—are usually reborn in respectable garb in the next. Economist, The regulators are coming, Mar 27th 2008   dwarf [ dwawrf ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a creature or plant that is smaller in stature than a typical creature of its kind 2. (n.) a star that has low luminosity and is relatively smaller in size and mass 3. (adj.) stunted, diminutive or undersized 4. (tr.v.) to cause to appear as diminished 5. (tr.v.) to check or arrest the natural development of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The seven dwarfs were called Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Huge wooden sculptures of mythical figures dwarf walkers in the forest in Freiburg, Germany. BBC. Day in pictures, 29 May 2009, Accessed 8 July 2009   coercion [ koh-UR-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of using force to get someone to do something 2. the force used to get cooperation 3. the practice of using force to gain obedience   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minister used coercion to get the people to withdraw their complaint against his errant son.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many serve in regions where they grew up, leaving them compromised by existing links to insurgents or open to coercion. The Telegraph, Killing of five soldiers won't stop 'Afghanisation' of security: Analysis, Ben Farmer, 04 November 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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