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	23-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists putrid [ PYOO-trid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. decayed, rotten or foul 2. objectionable, evil or morally corrupt 3. pertaining to or exhibiting putrefaction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A putrid smell emanated from the alley.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The putrid odour results from the garbage strewn below the windows of the societies and the dead animal flesh thrown in their backyard. The Times of India, Residents cry foul over wasteland,15 Jan 2006   remediable [ ri-MEE-dee-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   capable of being cured or remedied   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The remediable ailment required minor surgery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were complaints on the quality of food, which are remediable. The Times of India, THE LEADER ARTICLE: Aid Awareness: It is Useful for Long-term Crisis Management, by K SUBRAHMANYAM, 4 Jan 2005   serrated [ SER-ey-tid, suh'-REY- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   saw-toothed or having an edge that is notched and used esp. for cutting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The saw was serrated which made it a very sharp tool.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After dinner we kill the camp lights and watch the moon rise over a ring of serrated bluffs behind our bay. CNN, Cozy up to Lake Powell, By Lawrence W. Cheek, April 7, 2006   rectitude [ REK-ti-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. righteousness, moral virtue or rightness of conduct or values 2. correctness in procedure or judgement 3. straightness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rectitude displayed by him was admired by his followers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those who knew Ronald Reagan in his youth and those who knew him a lifetime later all remember his largeness of spirit, his gentle instincts and a quiet rectitude that drew others to him. CNN, Cheney: Reagan was an idealist, June 10, 2004   meretricious [ mer-i-TRISH-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. tawdry, flashy, gaudy or vulgar 2. pretentious, specious or deceptively attractive 3. of, pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute or prostitution   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her meretricious jewellery was ridiculed by the ladies present.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lottery funding is squandered on all sorts of meretricious trash. Telegraph, Third time lucky for Peter Mandelson?, by Simon Heffer, 16 Dec 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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