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	20-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists satyr [ SEY-ter, SAT-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (greek mythology) one belonging to a class of woodland deities that attended on bacchus, who was represented as part human, part horse or sometimes part human, part goat and noted for his lasciviousness 2. a male who is licentious, lecherous or lascivious esp. one who has satyriasis 3. any butterfly belonging to the family satyridae that is characterised by having brown or gray wings that are marked with eyespots   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inclusion of satyrs in Greek mythology was to induce mayhem into the mythological stories.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sculpture's title refers to Marsyas, the satyr in Greek mythology, who was flayed alive by the god Apollo. BBC, Artist attacks government policies, 14 October, 2002   seethe [ seeth' ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to boil or foam as though boiling 2. (intr.v.) to be in an angry or agitated state 3. (tr.v.) to stew, boil or cook by boiling 4. (tr.v.) to steep or soak 5. (n.) an act or instance of seething   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She seethed and vowed revenge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many still seethe over suggestions by Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, that state aid for French carmakers should depend on a pledge to keep jobs in France. Economist, Europe's family squabbles, Feb 26th 2009   pusillanimous [ pyoo-suh'-LAN-uh'-muh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having no courage 2. cowardly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The army deserter had a weak pusillanimous character and was terrified of being shot by the enemy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sir Richard's insistence that men and women sent to war should be adequately equipped may have angered our pusillanimous ministers, but it endeared him to the soldiers who are his, and our, first concern. The Telegraph, Gen Sir Richard Dannatt: a soldier's soldier, 27 August 2009   pyre [ pahy-uh'r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a stack of wood or other combustible material used to burn a dead body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was difficult to light the funeral pyre as the wood had become damp due to the rain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A bid by a devout Hindu for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre has been rejected by the High Court in London. BBC, Devout Hindu loses cremation bid, 8 May 2009   predispose [ pree-di-SPOHZ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make a person inclined to something in advance 2. (tr. v.) to make susceptible or to be liable to contract 3. (intr. v.) to provide an inclination or susceptibility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many were predisposed to vote for him because of his sincerity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Part of this process involves determining the decisive risk factors that predispose people to dementia. BBC, What is delaying a cure for Alzheimer's? Rebecca Wood, 27 January 2010.   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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