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	29-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists valour [ VAL-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   bravery, boldness or courage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Indian Armed Forces are renowned for their valour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Similar is the tale of valour of Rani Avanti bai of Ramgarh, who killed herself with her own sword when she was surrounded by British soldiers near fort Deogarh in 1858. The Times of India, Stamps of patriotism and valour, by Meghna Prasad, 3 Sep 2001   tractable [ TRAK-tuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. manageable 2. easily governed or handled   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The team leader had no trouble with his team, as they were smart and tractable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some men by unalterable frame of their constitution are stout, others timorous, some confident, others modest and tractable. CNN, 'Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior', Jonathan Weiner, 28 January 2000   germane [  jer-MEYN ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   relevant; pertinent; fitting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The speech made by the politician was not germane to the problems being faced by the people in his constituency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rural students have little or no access to books for supplementary reading on farming, household management and other subjects germane to their lives. The New York Times, Rebuilding Afghanistan, One Book at a Time, By NANCY HATCH DUPREE, July 19, 2008   arable [ AR-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cultivable, fit to grow crops or capable of being used for farming 2. (n.) land that is fit for agriculture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The arable land was not for sale.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Growing the plant does not create pressure on supplies of arable land and water in the way that agricultural crop biofuels does. Telegraph, Scientists to investigate how to make green fuel from seaweed, By Simon Johnson, 17 Dec 2008   disparage [ di-SPAR-ij ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to reduce in rank or reputation; to bring reproach upon 2. to speak or treat invidiously; belittle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Uncouth TV comedians often disparage individuals and communities which is in very poor taste.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wit, pointed humor often consisting of observations meant to disparage or attack, expressed in clever comparisons or contrasts and making heavy use of word-play. MSN Encarta, Encyclopedia Article: Wit   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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