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	27-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists smattering [ SMAT-er-ing ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) superficial, piecemeal or slight knowledge 2. (n.) a small amount or number 3. (adj.) superficial or slight   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The smattering of freckles across the bridge of her nose was quite distinctive on her fair skin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Cass program takes business executives, as well as a smattering of foreign diplomats, through much of English and British culture, everything from the way the country is governed to how its people tend to view themselves. CNN, Negotiating the cultural maze, By Peter Walker for CNN, January 9, 2007   quack [ kwak ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the call or cry of a duck 2. (n.) an untrained person who pretends to be a doctor 3. (intr. v.) to utter a 'quack' or make the sound of a duck call 4. (intr. v.) to act as a physician despite being unqualified   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He went into the marshland only to record the quack of a wild duck for his environmental project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He's only had one encounter with Carhart -- when the doctor drove his car by protesters and "quacked like a duck." CNN, Protests to focus on doctor who performed 60,000 abortions, Wayne Drash, 28 August 2009   contrivance [ kuh'n-TRAHY-vuh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mechanical device or machine 2. an engineered feat 3. a plan or scheme   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Before the advent of the steam engine the horse carriage was a contrivance which people found suitable for travel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Though voters may like his warmth and lack of contrivance, he will have to beware the potentially fatal blandishments of his rivals. The Telegraph, Nick Clegg: kingmaker of a hung parliament, 6 February 2010.   vainglorious [ veyn-GLAWR-ee-uh's, -GLOHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. boastful or marked by excessive vanity 2. proceeding from or filled with vainglory   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vainglorious remarks caused people to distrust him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Harrison is fast becoming a figure of fun in British sport, full of vainglorious bluster but still with nothing to show for his almost four years as a professional. BBC, Harrison requiring reality check, by Ben Dirs, 7 August, 2004   stride [ strahyd ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a long step when walking 2. (n.) a steady pace 3. (n.) a step towards progress 4. (tr. v.) to move with long steps 5. (tr. v.) to take a big step 6. (intr. v.) to move along or over with long steps   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He never seemed to tire as he walked with an easy stride.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some of these nations have already made great strides with the development and deployment of clean energy," Obama said. CNN, Obama warns recession makes climate change fight harder, 22 September 2009   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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