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	19-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists extrovert [ EK-struh'-vurt, -stroh- ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a socialiser or outgoing or gregarious person 2. (adj.) gregarious, outgoing or lively 3. (tr.v.) to direct one's mind or interests outward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was an extrovert who loved meeting new people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Individuals can be thinking or feeling, judging or perceiving, introvert or extrovert. CNN, Psychometrics put to the test, By Nick Easen for CNN, February 23, 2004   flamboyant [ flam-BOI-uh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) ornate, showy or florid 2. (adj.) richly colourful, brilliant or flame like 3. (adj.) pertaining to the french gothic architecture of the 15th and 16th century that had characteristic flame like forms and wavy lines 4.(n.) another name for the royal poinciana tree   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her flamboyant personality made her famous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Flamboyant costumes for this year's Notting Hill Carnival are being put on show at Alexandra Palace, north London. BBC, Carnival costumes go on display, 17 August 2008   funereal [ fyoo-NEER-ee-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. suitable for, characteristic of or pertaining to a funeral 2. gloomy, sad or mournful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Funereal preparations were made within a day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Ghalauri cremation ground was steeped in funereal gloom. The Times of India, Adulterated liquor kills 13 in Patiala, Gur Kirpal Singh Ashk, 13 February 2003   enunciate [ i-NUHN-see-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to announce, state or proclaim 2. (tr.v.) to articulate or pronounce 3. (intr.v.) to articulately pronounce words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enunciated each word clearly so that everyone understood what he was saying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The genesis for the clip, he said, came from his daughter's ability to enunciate well at an early age. abcNews, Where A-List Comics and R-Rated Comedy Meet on the Internet, By CHRIS CONNELLY, Aug. 31, 2007   expatriate [ Brit., eks-PA-tree-eyt; v. eks-PEY-tree-eyt adj., n. eks-PEY-tree-it ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) exiled or banished 2. (n.) one who has been exiled or banished 3 (tr.v.) to banish one from one's native country 4. (tr.v.) to withdraw oneself from one's native land   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The expatriate prince lived in London.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He bought most of the land with money he earned in Saudi Arabia as an expatriate worker, like many others in his village. CNN, Floods devastate rice Bangladesh rice fields, November 28, 1998   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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