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	21-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists naiveté [ nah-eev-TEY, -ee-vuh'-TEY, -EEV-tey, -EE-vuh- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state or quality of being naïve, simple, unsophisticated or artless 2. (adj.) an action or remark that is naïve or thoughtless in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was her naiveté which caused her to trust strangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reacting harshly to complicated and distant events at times involves the most acute naiveté of all. National Geographic, The Fight for Objectivity, 04/23/2002   orotund [ AWR-uh'-tuhnd, OHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bombastic, grandiloquent, pompous or flamboyant 2. sonorous, resonant or (of sound) clear, full and deep   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His orotund behaviour caused a lot of gossip.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While the language is orotund mock-epic, the tone is whimsical and light, leavened with lots of jokes. Telegraph, A swords-and-horses tale, 15 Nov 2007   penumbra [ pi-NUHM-bruh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the region of partial illumination in a shadow formed during an eclipse 2. the outer portion of a sunspot that is greyish in colour 3. an indefinite, shadowy, marginal or borderline area   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The act has a penumbra where a person can use force to protect himself.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The eclipse will actually begin when the moon enters the faint outer portion, or penumbra, of the Earth's shadow about an hour before it begins moving into the umbra. CNN, Lunar eclipse on Tuesday night, by Joe Rao, May 4, 2004   expatiate [ ik-SPEY-shee-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to roam about or wander freely 2. to elaborate or explain in detail   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The guests expatiated around the country side.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In other words, or variable words if you prefer, expatiated the Management Expert, you can't step into the same river twice. The Times of India, All vary well, Jug Suraiya, 14 September 2008   fetter [ FET-er ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) shackle or chain for one's ankles or feet 2. (n.) one that is used to confine or restrain someone 3. (tr.v.) to restrain, contain or confine 4. (tr.v.) to bind or chain someone especially a prisoner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fetter on his ankle restricted his movement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is no fetter on public debate about policy," attorney general Walter Woon said in court. abcNews, Singapore Says WSJ Wages Two-Decade Judicial Attack, By Melanie Lee, November 4, 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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