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	30-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists opprobrium [ uh'-PROH-bree-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. infamy, disgrace or ignominy 2. reproach, criticism or contempt 3. one that causes dishonour, shame or humiliation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was the result of the opprobrium that he faced which caused him to contemplate suicide.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Peter Davies, the former regulator of the National Lottery, attracted much opprobrium for accepting a ride in a jet controlled by GTech, then part of the Camelot consortium. Telegraph, The corporate flying squad, 21 Mar 2001   penurious [ puh'-NOO' R-ee-uh' s, -NYOO 'R- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. parsimonious, stingy or miserly 2. destitute, indigent or impoverished 3. lacking resources   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The shelter provided food for the penurious urchins.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As part of Diamond Jubilee Celebration of All Kerala Children's Society, Madras Medical Mission in association with the society would be performing cardiac surgery for 75 penurious children below the age of 18. The Times of India, Free cardiac surgery for children below 18, 28 Jun 2004   preamble [ PREE-am-buh' l, pree-AM- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. introduction, preface or prelude 2. a preliminary or introductory occurrence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The preamble was long, winding and full of confusing jargons.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many of us are probably aware that the preamble to the Indian Constitution says that India is a socialist - along with being a secular and democratic - republic. BBC, India parliament begins session, 15 November 2007   puissance [ PYOO-uh'-suh'ns, pyoo-IS-uh'ns, PWIS-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. power 2. might   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   America's naval puissance was unparalleled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No European nation can alone exercise effective military puissance. The Telegraph, The West needs France to rejoin Nato. Denis MacShane, 21 September 2007   surge [ surj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a rush or strong wavelike advance 2. (n.) a swelling wave or a rolling sea 3. (intr. v.) to rise and move in a billowing manner 4. (intr. v.) to increase suddenly 5. (tr. v.) to gradually loosen or slacken   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The excited fans surged onto the football field as soon as the game was over.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Health chiefs have revealed how icy weather saw a surge in patient numbers across south west Scotland. BBC, Big freeze prompted patient surge, 2 February 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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