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	18-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists venal [ VEEN-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. corruptible, mercenary or capable of giving up scruples for a bribe 2. purchasable or obtainable for a charge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The venal officer was caught while accepting a bribe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Gwyneth Dunwoody said Communities Secretary Hazel Blears acted for "venal and personal reasons". BBC, Labour MP's fury at Blears' plans, 18 December 2007   untenable [ uhn-TEN-uh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. one that is incapable of being maintained or defended 2. incapable of habitation or occupation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The untenable stance of the government put the speaker in an awkward position.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Cable told "There has been a whole succession of disasters this week and it may well be that (Mr Darling's) position is untenable eventually." BBC, Darling's role 'nearly untenable', 25 November 2007   stigmatize [ STIG-muh'-tahyz  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to brand as dishonourable 2. to put the mark of shame upon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parent said her child was stigmatized because the teacher said that he was dyslexic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The wounded expressed concern that, at Fort Hood, they were stigmatized and treated as lesser Soldiers for being wounded, ill, or injured," the memo said. CNN, Memo outlines problems for wounded troops, Barbara Starr, 2 July 2009   rehabilitate [ ree-huh'-BIL-i-teyt, ree-uh'- ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to restore or reinstate the condition, health, reputation, means of livelihood or shelter of those who have lost it 2. (intr.v.) to undergo the process of rehabilitation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was rehabilitated into society after he had served his sentence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Windows is the company's most profitable business, generating some 30 percent of its revenue, and Microsoft is desperate to fully rehabilitate the credibility of its operating systems. Telegraph, Microsoft pledges to do "a better job" with Windows 7, By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles, 25 Nov 2008   senescence [ si-NES-uh 'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. old age, antiquity or elderliness 2. the phase in the growth of a plant between maturity and death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Senescence has rendered him bedridden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One theory of ageing suggests senescence is a result of damage caused to body cells by reactive molecules called free radicals. Economist, Eat less. Live longer, Apr 12th 2007   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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