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	20-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists finicky [ FIN-i-kee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. fussy, meticulous, particular or fastidious 2. requiring precision   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a finicky eater.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Farmer was occasionally finicky. Economist, Pluck a flamingo, Dec 18th 2008   forte [ fawrt, fohrt, FAWR-tey ]   [ noun, adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an area or field in which one excels, accomplishes a lot or which one finds as one's strong point 2. (n.) the strongest part of the blade of a sword which is between the middle and the hilt 3. (n.) a chord, note or passage played loudly and forcefully 4. (adj.) forceful or loud 5. (adv.) loudly or in a forceful way or manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Astronomy was his forte.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With visualization as Manish's forte, Manish styles for various Indian glossies and also designs clothes for Indian celebrities. The Times of India, The design merchants, 2 Aug 2002   ignominious [ ig-nuh'-MIN-ee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dishonouring, humiliating or shameful 2. contemptible, despicable or disgraceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ignominious defeat was a result of poor planning.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The task now was to avoid ignominious defeat. BBC, Was Armistice flawed?, 12 November 2008   exculpate [ EK-skuh'l-peyt, ik-SKUHL-peyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to vindicate, clear or free of all blame or guilt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was exculpated of all wrongdoing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We know that the press were trailing him and now his account has changed in a fundamental way to exculpate the people on the motorbike. BBC, Diana paparazzi 'hindered police', 12 March 2008   fell [ fel ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to strike or chop down 2. (adj.) lethal, fierce or savage 3. (n.) the amount or number of trees that have been struck down in one season 4. (n.) hide or skin   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felled the branch with one clear blow of the axe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Though KMDA officials promised compensatory plantation for all the trees felled for construction, none could give specific plans on the number of saplings to be planted and in what area. The Times of India, Trees felled to make way for VIP Rd flyover, Sumati Yengkhom, 13 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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