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	19-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists snub [ snuhb ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) 1. to ignore or refuse to recognize 2. (tr. v.) to turn down with a sharp retort 3. (n.) a deliberate insult 4. (adj.) blunt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The few innovative ideas put forth by the fresher were snubbed by his seniors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Among other things, I didn't want to be -- to borrow from sixth-grade parlance -- a user, a phony who thought she could get what she wanted by conveniently nuzzling up to someone she usually snubbed. CNN, Cancer, my parents and my doubts about God, Kelly Corrigan, 11 August 2009   smolder [ SMOHL-der ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to burn slowly without a flame 2. (tr. v.)to be in a suppressed state 3. (tr. v.) to act with subdued feelings 4. (n.) thick smoke resulting from a slow burning fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They had piled up a lot of wood in the hope that the fire would smolder throughout the night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That sounds like common sense, but a forgotten cigarette butt can smolder for hours, CNN, 'Stand by your pan' to avoid kitchen fires, expert says, Ruth Underwood, 14 November 2006   gruff [ gruhf ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. hoarse or harsh 2. rough or surly 3. stern or brusque in manner or appearance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When the class bully heard the gruff voice of the new student he thought it best to steer clear of him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Throughout, all the different aspects of this most subtle of Beethoven's concertos – gruff humour, brilliance, and pathos – were held in ideal balance. The Telegraph, Daniel Barenboim and Berlin Staatskapelle on Monday night, review, Ivan Hewett, 2 February 2010.   crone [ krohn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an old and withered woman   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A crone seeking alms is a common sight in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pip meets a mysterious aged crone who can help him escape from Britain's most terrifying school and the clutches of his evil guardian. BBC, Bleak Expectations Comedy Victorian adventure by Mark Evans, 16 January 2008   virile [ vir-ahyl or, especially Amr., -uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. masculine, manly or pertaining to a man 2. forceful, vigorous, energetic or strong 3. potent or capable of copulating or reproducing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The virile man was envied by the other show participants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's noisy and it doesn't make you feel young and virile. abcNews, U.S. Fuel Price Complaints Laughable to Brits, By NICK WATT, Aug. 13, 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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