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	09-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists succulent [ SUHK-yuh'-luh 'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) juicy or filled with sap 2. (adj.) rich, vigorous or interesting 3. (adj.) (of a plant) having fleshy and thick tissues that are capable of storing water 4. (n.) a plant that is succulent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The succulent pear is considered to be a delicacy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Check soft succulent leaves of your bedding plants for caterpillar damage. BBC, Tokely's Tips: August 2006, By Andrew Tokely   stricture [ STRIK-cher ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abnormal contraction or tapering of a duct or passage in the body 2. a restraint, curb or limit 3. harmful or unpleasant criticism or censure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The patient was in acute pain because of a stricture that had to be corrected using surgery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's there for our benefit -- to kill bacteria, but when not done correctly, it leads to mucus secretion, fluid, and stricture -- constricture of those airways. abcNEWS, Lung Health, Dec. 6, 2005   stentorian [ sten-TAWR-ee-uh' n, -TOHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   tremendously loud or noisy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many people had a sleepless night because of the stentorian concert.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In stentorian voice, Betancourt tells the leftist rebels that if they turn themselves in their lives will be respected and they'll get back their honor, their family and their liberty. abcNEWS, Helicopter Ingrid to Rebels: 'Give Up', BOGOTA, Colombia July 9, 2008   insouciant [ in-SOO-see-uh' nt; Fr. an*-soo-syahn* ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   nonchalant, indifferent, unconcerned or breezy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his insouciant attitude which made him seem brazen at times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hillary returned to the depiction of herself as an insouciant Daisy Buchanan. CNN, 'Hillary's Choice', by Gail Sheehy, December 1, 1999   scurrilous [ SKUR-uh-luh s, SKUHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   foul, vulgar, indecent or obscene   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scurrilous behaviour displayed by the teenagers caused them to be arrested.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said Ms Lewsley had made "scurrilous and ill-informed allegations against the NASUWT". BBC, Union in legal threat to Lewsley, 20 October 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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