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	15-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists irresolute [ i-REZ-uh'-loot ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   doubtful, vacillating, indecisive, unstable or inconstant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His irresolute attitude causes a lot of confusion as deadlines are not met.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This approach yields some alarming and even beautiful effects; but such stage magic requires a fully abstracted set rather than the irresolute compromise of Tom Piper's design. Telegraph, Royal, gaudy fate, By Irving Wardle, 20 Feb 2009   grapple [ GRAP-uh' l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to hold or seize firmly 2. (intr.v.) to struggle or try to overcome 3. (tr.v.) to seize, grip or hold tightly and firmly 4. (n.) a grapnel, hook or other similar instrument used to fasten an object to another 5. (n.) a hand-to-hand fight or struggle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He grappled, lost his footing and was hanging onto the ledge only with his finger tips.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Zimbabwe's new leaders are grappling with a massive humanitarian and economic crisis. CNN, Zimbabwe court orders jailed politician freed, February 18, 2009   heedless [ HEED-lis ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inconsiderate, unmindful, thoughtless or careless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His heedless actions came back to haunt him in the future.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The shoes... were a lesson to all Arab leaders and their representatives, who have been heedless of the Arab masses, their demands and sentiments. BBC, Mid-East press deplores Maher attack, 23 December, 2003   idyllic [ ahy-DIL-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. related to or characteristic of an idyll 2. natural, simple, picturesque or pastoral 3. romantic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The idyllic setting was perfect for the wedding.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Each year, more than 2 million people visit the store in the idyllic town of Frankenmuth, Michigan. CNN, Five festive Christmas stores, By Jacque Wilson   incapacitate [ in-kuh'-PAS-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to disable or deprive of capacity or strength 2. to disqualify or legally render unfit or ineligible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incapacitated because of his injury and could not fight in the war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The discovery of chloroform, a chemical compound that can be used to incapacitate crime victims, is a piece of evidence prosecutors will use in building the case of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony. CNN, Lab results: Chloroform in Casey Anthony's trunk, September 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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