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	11-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mottled [ MOT-ld ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   spotted, blotched or streaked with different colours   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mottled locks were eye-catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Normally the combination of red and blue pigments in the shell of a live lobster creates a dark, mottled camouflage pattern that blends in with the ocean floor. BBC, Lobsters saved from boiling pot, 10 November 2008   lax [ laks ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. negligent, careless or lacking vigour 2. slack, loose or not rigid or taut 3. (of the bowels) loose or not retentive 4. (phonetics) articulated by relaxing jaw and tongue muscles   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lax attitude displayed by the manager resulted in severe losses to the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ms Harman's intervention in the pension row came as the Conservatives condemned British regulators for taking "too lax" an approach towards financial misdemeanours. Telegraph, Sir Fred Goodwin will not be allowed to keep his pension, says Harriet Harman, By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor, 02 Mar 2009   matriarch [ MEY-tree-ahrk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a female or woman heading or leading a group, family or tribe 2. a mother or woman who is highly respected   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The matriarch of the household, often the wife of the senior most male member, wields supreme power in tackling domestic issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Long before Big Brother, there was reality TV in the form of The Family, which featured Margaret Wilkins, matriarch of a Reading household, the subject of a 1974 BBC series. BBC, A good life now over, By Nick Serpell, 1 September 2008   mire [ mahyuh*r ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) bog, slush or marsh 2. (n.) a tough, disadvantageous or difficult situation 3. (tr.v.) to plunge or cause to stick fast as though in mire 4. (tr.v.) to entangle, entrap, hamper or hinder 5. (intr.v.) to sink or stick in mire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He struggled for his footing as he almost slipped and fell into the mire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Bank is embarking on its unprecedented policy to prevent the UK economy - already mired in the deepest recession since the 1980s - from tipping into something worse. Telegraph, Bank of England poised to cut interest rates close to zero and print money, By Angela Monaghan, 05 Mar 2009   muffle [ MUHF-uh' l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to conceal by wrapping or enveloping 2. (tr.v.) to pad, wrap or envelop with something in order to stifle sound 3. (tr.v.) to stifle, suppress or repress 4. (n.) one that muffles 5. (n.) a sound that is muffled 6. (n.) an oven or kiln that heats without direct contact with fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sound of protest was muffled as a cloth was thrown over his head.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said she would stay to ensure a proposed super-inspectorate would not "muffle" inspection work. BBC, Prisons watchdog to stay in post, 28 June 2006   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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