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	25-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sanctimony [ SANGK-tuh'-moh-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. pretended righteousness 2. affected religious devotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The people soon realised his sanctimony and forced him to leave town.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If the recent GOP scandals have proved anything, it is that neither party has a monopoly on virtue, but one has planted itself firmly at the corner of sanctimony and hypocrisy. CNN, Commentary: The politics of self destruction, Paul Begala, 7 July 2009   incentive [ in-SEN-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) something that incites to action or tends to incite to action 2. (n.) something that motivates or encourages greater effort 3. (adj.) stimulating or motivating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The workers were promised an incentive bonus to increase production.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tourism bosses hope the exchange rate - with the euro still strong against the Pound - will be another incentive for British people to holiday at home this year. BBC, Torbay tourism sees rise in bookings, 12 February 2010.   curmudgeon [ ker-MUHJ-uh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who is ill tempered and irritable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although anecdotal evidence would have it that the older a person gets, the more he turns into a curmudgeon, there have been no official studies made to either prove or disprove this view.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said he regretted to report that age appeared to be mellowing him, and that people would have to stop referring to him as a curmudgeon. BBC, Catch 22 Author Dies, 14 December, 1999   tendentious [ ten-DEN-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having a strong and persistent point of view, tendency or bias   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was accused of having a tendentious soft spot where his team mates were concerned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has prepared a helpful booklet denouncing Mr McCain, which gives chapter and sometimes tendentious verse on policies of which its members might disapprove. Economist, The voice of labour, Jun 19th 2008   savoir-faire [ SAV-wahr-FAIR; Fr. sa*-vwa*r*-fer* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   tact, poise, polish or courtesy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The savoir-faire displayed by the diplomat saved the day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr de La Bourdonnaye wants Liberty to have the popular appeal of Disneyland but the status and savoir faire of a luxury brand. Telegraph, Frenchman aims to revolutionise the very fabric of the Liberty brand, By James Hall, 15 Sep 2008   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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