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	18-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists machinations [ mak-uh'-NEY-shuh'nz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a cunning scheme or crafty plot 2. an intriguing and underhand plot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their gruesome machinations of the witch flopped and the children escaped unharmed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In short, there are some invaluable events for budding filmmakers, especially for those who want to know more about the machinations of the UK film industry. BBC, festivals & awards 2009, James Rocarols, 20 July 2009.   chagrin [ shuh'-GRIN ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a feeling of mental unease or embarrassment due to failure 2. (v.) to cause embarrassment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To his chagrin, the show ended just as he arrived.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These two malcontents were chagrined at the raid by the FBI upon the headquarters of David Koresh's Branch Davidian religious cult two years earlier; more than 70 people died in a fire that began during the raid. BBC, Chemical Cock-Ups: The 1921 Oppau Disater and its Aftermath, 20th July, 2006   gerrymander [ JER-i-man-der ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the division of a state into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible 2. (tr. v.) to configure the voting districts so that one party gets an unfair advantage over the other in the election   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their party's victory in the recent election was due to a major gerrymander.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The renewal meant that the Justice Department could continue to insist on district maps that were carefully racially gerrymandered to elect black and Hispanic candidates. CNN, Commentary: Identity politics in the age of Obama. Abigail Thernstrom, 4 June 2009.   dastardly [ DAS-terd-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cowardly 2. malicious; characterised by underhanded treachery; sneaking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Terrorists are carrying out dastardly bomb blasts in various cities in the country in order to foment violence between communities.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The dastardly attacks on September 11, 2001 will be an indelible date in U.S. history—and, in their shared hour of agony on that fateful day, one more bond between two sister cities. National Geographic, Comment: Washington, New York—Bonded by History, Edward C. Smith, American University, October 5, 2001   reminiscence [ rem-uh'-NIS-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. recollection of certain ideas that may have been known in a prior existence 2. a remembrance, recollection or memory of something experienced in the past 3. one that reminds of or is suggestive of another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His reminiscence of past happenings spooked his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It might seem quite natural for the elderly to often slip happily into reminiscence but living in the past could indicate dissatisfactionwith the present, says psychologists. The Times of India, Living in past dissatisfaction with present, Living in past dissatisfaction with present31 Mar 2006   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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