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	01-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists duress [ doo'-RES, dyoo'-, DOO' R-is, DYOO'R- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coercion; forcible restraint or constraint 2. (Law) forcing or compelling someone to commit a crime or commit to a legal liability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Under duress, the undertrial was forced to confess to a crime that he had not committed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence lawyers for a prime suspect in 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) say they suspect he may have confessed under duress. BBC, Indian Bomb Suspect Confesses, 21 November 2005   stickler [ STIK-ler ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who insists on something steadfastly 2. any confusing or complicated problem.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The school's new principal had the reputation of being a stickler for rules and regulations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cronkite was a stickler for journalistic neutrality. The Telegraph, Walter Cronkite, legendary US newsreader, dies aged 92, Philip Sherwell, 18 July 2009   complicity [ kuh'm-PLIS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act or state of being an accomplice 2. a partnership for wrongdoing 3. involvement as an accomplice in wrongdoing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was being charged with complicity in the murder of his friend's wife.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Setako, 60, was acquitted of other charges of complicity to commit genocide, murder as a crime against humanity and pillage as a war crime. BBC, Rwanda genocide official jailed for 25 years, 25 February 2010.   grovel [ GRUHV-uh' l, GROV- ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to lie or crawl with the body prostrate and face downward in fear, humility etc. 2. to behave in a modest or submissive way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In ancient times, it was habitual and necessary for subjects to grovel before their king.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said that the West Indies were a great team, but when they were down they tended to grovel, and he intended to make them grovel. BBC, Tony Greig - England Cricketer, 4th June 2003   vapid [ VAP-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. insipid, dull, tasteless or lifeless 2. boring, uninteresting or lacking zest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The novel was described as a vapid read.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She said she began writing for children after struggling to find any books that were not "vapid and vacant" to read to her children, or that actually taught any lessons. BBC, Madonna records book message, 3 September, 2003   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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