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	03-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists veracious [ vuh'-REY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. honest, sincere or truthful 2. true, accurate, precise or genuine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was considered to be a veracious young man.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One veracious youngster, clearly not happy with his stash, then asked him for his cap. Telegraph, Young Sports Writer Competition, 16 Jan 2004   adamant [ AD-uh'-muh'nt, -mant ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unyielding, stubborn or unrelenting 2. (adj.) inflexible or unshakable 3 (n.) a substance (like a diamond) that is so hard that it is impenetrable or unyielding.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His adamant attitude cost him his job.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mark Thompson, the BBC director-general, remained adamant against the showing the advertisement. abcNews, Religious Leaders Call on BBC to Show Gaza Ad, By JENNIFER QUINN Associated Press Writer, January 25, 2009   aquiline [ AK-wuh'-lahyn, -lin ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of the nose) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak 2. of, relating to, characteristics of or resembling an eagle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His aquiline nose gave his face a distinctive look.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The mummies' funerary masks, with their curls, long aquiline noses, and wide eyes, reflect the influence of Greek sculpture. National Geographic, Valley of the Mummies, By Donovan Webster   canker [ KANG-ker ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) ulceration, especially in the mouth and lips 2.(n.) any of various disorders in animals marked by chronic inflammatory changes 3. (n.) a source of corruption or decay 4. (tr.v.) to corrupt; destroy slowly 5. (intr.v.) to become infected with or as if with canker   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The canker had to be removed by surgery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the region's MEPs has called for EU-funded research into the canker. BBC, Blight-hit horse chestnuts dying, 21 September 2006   clangor [ KLANG-er, KLANG-ger ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a loud resonant sound, a din 2. (intr.v.) to make a clangor, clang   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The clangor woke everyone up.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Long after the attacks of Sept. 11, the clangor of terror echoes worldwide. CNN, Al-Qaeda now, By Michael Elliott, May 27, 2002   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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