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	16-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists insubordinate [ in-suh'-BAWR-dn-it ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) disobedient, defiant or rebellious to authority 2. (adj.) not lower 3. (n.) one who is defiant to authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The insubordinate behaviour displayed was shameful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the seminary Lustiger was later remembered as a stubborn and insubordinate student. Telegraph, Cardinal Lustiger, 08 Aug 2007   litotes [ LAHY-tuh'-teez, LIT-uh'-, lahy-TOH-teez ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a figure of speech that involves an understatement where a statement esp. an affirmative one is expressed by negating its contrary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The frequent use of litotes in his writings showed his wry sense of humour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lovers of litotes, the English virtue of understatement, may relish the way Mike Warburton, of accountants Grant Thornton, summed up Mr Darling's performance. Telegraph, Taxing times for the Government, By Ian Cowie, 16 May, 2008   medley [ MED-lee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) heterogeneous mixture, hodgepodge or a jumbled assortment 2. (n.) a mixture of songs obtained from varied sources and played together in continuum 3. (n.) mingled, jumbled or mixed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The medley required work before it could be presented before an audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The scenery, especially in the north, is considered the most spectacular in South Africa, a sublime medley of rugged peaks, scarps, pinnacles, forest, waterfalls and rivers. Telegraph, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa: One-minute wonder, By Tim Jepson, 20 Feb 2009   lupine [ LOO-pin ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) savage or predatory 2. (adj.) pertaining to characteristic of a wolf 3. (n.) any of the different types of plants that belong to the genus lupinus, of the pea family that bears edible seeds, or white, pink or blue flowers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lupine features, prominently seen in the various portraits of his ancestors, were not reflected in his portrait.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is 62 and still looks as he has always looked - tall, lean and lupine with his floppy, side-parted hair still (suspiciously?) dark. Telegraph, Bryan Ferry: 'I don't want to be controversial', Nigel Farndale, 16 Apr 2008   menial [ MEE-nee-uh' l, MEEN-yuh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) degrading, low, servile or submissive 2. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of slaves or servants 3. (n.) a domestic slave or servant 4. (n.) a submissive or servile person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Menial labour, unfortunately, is looked down upon and does not carry the same respect as other jobs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He worked in menial jobs until he was 25, when a school friend who was directing commercials took on Ritchie as a runner. CNN, Rock 'n' roll Ritchie, By Mark Tutton For CNN, September 5, 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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