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	25-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dissuasion [ di-SWEY-zhuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. persuading not to do or believe something, talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action 2. the act or instance of dissuading   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The art of dissuasion usually requires intelligence and clarity of thought.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Israel must react when it is fired upon, must re-establish its force of dissuasion and stop the rockets. BBC, Israeli leaders 'to topple Hamas', 22 December 2008   casuistry [ KAZH-oo-uh'-stree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. subtle but dubious and fallacious reasoning used with the intention of misguiding or misleading 2. the application of general ethical principles in order to solve specific problems of right and wrong in conduct   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The CEO was accused of casuistry in the meeting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The casuistry that it produces may be a long way from morality and even justice. Telegraph, The lawfare of warfare, 02 Nov 2007.   cloven [ Kloh-vuh' n ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (v.) a past participle of cleave 2. (adj.) divided or split   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She set the hat upon the cloven bark of the tree.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Foot-and-mouth disease affects animals with cloven hooves, like cows, sheep and pigs, but is harmless to humans. CNN, Europe steps up foot-and-mouth battle, February 28, 2001   centaur [ SEN-tawr ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunks, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse 2. a skilful horseman or horsewoman 3. a group of icy bodies similar to asteroids and comets, orbiting the sun in elliptical paths, mostly in the region between Saturn and Neptune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The centaurs are mythological creatures said to have the power of seeing into the future.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Centaur is a creature of Greek mythology having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and two legs (or the trunk and four legs) of a horse. Reader's Digest, Monsters and Mythological Creatures.   abject [ AB-jekt, ab-JEKT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sunk low in status or condition 2. shamelessly servile; contemptible 3. being of the most hopeless or miserable kind   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The abject misery of his life was often depicted in his paintings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An independent investigation confirmed what most already knew - 10 years of chronic underfunding had left the Vale hospital in a state of abject misery. BBC, Death on the wards, By Samantha Poling, 19 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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