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	17-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists monolithic [ mon-uh'-LITH-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or of a monolith 2. carved out of only one stone 3. massive, monumental or huge 4. composed of a single piece, unbroken or solid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The monolithic architecture was a famous tourist attraction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   NMP's appointment marks the end of British Nuclear Fuels, better known as BNFL, the monolithic government body that for years was synonymous with the UK nuclear industry. BBC, BNFL is history as consortium steps in, By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Sellafield, 24 November 2008   nonplus [ non-PLUHS, NON-pluhs ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a state or condition of perplexity and confusion 2. (tr.v.) to bewilder, puzzle, perplex, confuse or put at a loss for words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His constant expression of nonplus was annoying to his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was nonplused when I asked him about the recent downturn in the president's popularity. CNN, GOP optimistic about Bush campaign, despite recent polls and criticism, From Judy Woodruff, July 29, 2004   obituary [ oh-BICH-oo-er-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an eulogy or a published notice of someone's passing away usually accompanying a short sketch about that person's life 2. (adj.) related to or of the recording of deaths or a single death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The obituary was heartrending.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nan Britton died in 1991, "evidently so forgotten by history that no obituary was published," the Los Angeles Times later wrote. Elizabeth Ann died in 2005. CNN, 5 feisty presidential daughters, By David Holzel, September 25, 2008   obliquity [ uh'-BLIK-wi-tee, oh-BLIK- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the condition, quality or state of being oblique 2. immorality or deviation or divergence from normal conduct 3. a vague or obscure statement 4. mental perversity or an instance of it 5. deviation from a horizontal or vertical position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was the obliquity of the statement that brought forth the angry reactions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Groups of modellers in Paris, Oxford and at the Nasa Ames Research Center in the US have also modelled the climatic effects of these changes in obliquity. BBC, Ice belt 'encircled Mars equator', By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter, Cambridge, 9 September 2005   odoriferous [ oh-duh'-RIF-er-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. diffusing, yielding or giving off an odour 2. morally offensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Cooking this particular type of fish is difficult because of its odoriferous nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Small discs of cattle blood and odoriferous gel are covered with a membrane to mimic skin, and then mosquitoes are released into the olfactometer. CNN, Mosquitoes have discriminating tastes, August 26, 1999   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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