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	23-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists skirmish [ SKUR-mish ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a fight between troops 2. (n.) any brisk dispute or encounter 3. (intr. v.) to engage in a fight or conflict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police had to intervene as the skirmish among the fans was getting out of hand.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sixteen German police officers were slightly hurt and 15 England fans arrested after a skirmish in Cologne. BBC, England fans held after skirmish, 30 June 2006.   skulduggery [ skuhl-DUHG-uh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   crafty trickery or unscrupulous behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In 19th century Britain, gypsies were accused of skulduggery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   US finance giant Citigroup is dumping the boss of its investment banking arm, Salomon Smith Barney, amid allegations of biased research and skulduggery in its corporate finance operations. BBC, Scandal-hit Salomon ditches chief, 9 September, 2002   ramify [ RAM-uh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to develop complexities 2. (intr. v.) to grow branches or branch out 3. (tr. v.) to separate into parts or branches   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inability to rush an accident victim to a hospital on time could ramify the loss of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The loss is terrible, and it will ramify through millions of lives. The Telegraph, This is the tempest long foretold, 12 September 2001   epistemologist [ i-pis-tuh'-MOL-uh'-jist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a specialist in the extent and validity of the nature of knowledge 2. a philosopher who studies the nature and theory of knowledge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The class was asked to identify the epistemologist who wrote the essay on 'the theory of knowledge.'   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Taleb is a Lebanese options trader turned epistemologist. The Telegraph, Tales of the unexpected, 31 May 2007.   stratum [ STREY-tuh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one of many horizontal layers of material 2. a level of society composed of people with similar cultural, social or economic status 3. any of a number of levels, or divisions in an organized system 4. a layer of body tissue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The explorers chanced upon a stratum of gold deep within the mountains.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The upper stratum of the political class in the United States -- the candidates, the activists, the interest group leaders -- they are in fact more divided than they have been in quite a while. CNN, The polarization myth, Lou Dobbs, 20 October 2004.   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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