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	27-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ratiocination [ rash-ee-os-uh'-NEY-shuh' n, -oh-suh'-, rat-ee- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a logical and rational thought process   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mathematics and computer programming are fields of study which call for a ratiocination mind.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ross once defended a negative book review with a letter to the publisher that began, 'Dear Bennett: You are incapable of ratiocination,' and ended 'You are my natural enemy.' BBC, Harold Ross - The Man, 23rd July 2007   harass [ huh'-RAS, HAR-uh's ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to disturb or bother persistently 2. (tr. v.) to torment or persecute 3. (tr. v.) to exhaust by repeated attacks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer told him that he should not harass his wife or the court would issue a restraining order against him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police officers, pressurised by diversity training, seem to feel duty bound to come down like a ton of bricks on people who express disagreement with the behaviour of some gay rights activists, and members of the public are left feeling harassed and frightened. The Telegraph, Ministers seem set on eroding yet another safeguard to our liberty, Philip Johnston, 16 November 2009.   copious [ KOH-pee-uh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. plentiful or abundant 2. having a plentiful supply of 3. abounding in thoughts or words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The farmers were celebrating a copious harvest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leader after leader insisted, with copious historical reference, first that the war must be won and secondly that a social revolution was required to mobilise the energies of the nation. The Telegraph, Michael Foot, 3 March 2010.   jettison [ JET-uh'-suh' n, -zuh' n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of throwing goods overboard an aircraft or ship to steady or lighten it (tr. v.) 2. to cast off or throw goods overboard an aircraft or vessel 3. (tr. v.) to throw away something that was becoming a burden or an obstacle; discard   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pilot had to jettison fuel in order to be able to make an emergency landing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That Elvis Costello should capriciously jettison the Il Sogno dance suite the orchestra had previously learned during his rehearsals for this concert fits with our impression of his iconoclastic character. The Herald, Elvis Costello and the RSNO, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, KEITH BRUCE, June 23 2008   entangle [ en-TANG-guh' l ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to intertwine or interweave 2. to confuse, perplex or complicate 3. to involve in a troublesome or difficult situation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The man had to cut loose after he entangled himself in a trap meant for animals.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fire crews have rescued a seal that had become entangled in a football net and was lying injured on an Essex beach. BBC, Injured seal rescued from netting, 4 November 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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