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	20-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists machinations [ mak-uh'-NEY-shuh'nz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a cunning scheme or crafty plot 2. an intriguing and underhand plot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their gruesome machinations of the witch flopped and the children escaped unharmed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In short, there are some invaluable events for budding filmmakers, especially for those who want to know more about the machinations of the UK film industry. BBC, festivals & awards 2009, James Rocarols, 20 July 2009.   chagrin [ shuh'-GRIN ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a feeling of mental unease or embarrassment due to failure 2. (v.) to cause embarrassment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To his chagrin, the show ended just as he arrived.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These two malcontents were chagrined at the raid by the FBI upon the headquarters of David Koresh's Branch Davidian religious cult two years earlier; more than 70 people died in a fire that began during the raid. BBC, Chemical Cock-Ups: The 1921 Oppau Disater and its Aftermath, 20th July, 2006   migratory [ MAHY-gruh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. transient, wandering or having a tendency to wander periodically 2. periodically or seasonally migrating esp. birds 3. nomadic or roving   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The migratory birds are a favourite with tourists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An atlas can illustrate global historical and political trends, display migratory bird flights or economic trade patterns. abcNEWS, Offbeat atlases map architecture, art, and whimsy, by Norman Weinstein, December 2, 2008   sententious [ sen-TEN-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(adj.) relying excessively on the use of pithy sayings 3. (adj.) given to affected moralizing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the students remained unimpressed by the sententious speech of the professor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His delivery sank for a moment into sententious smoothness. BBC, Doctor Who | Ebooks | The Well-Mannered War, 23 September 2009   disband [ dis-BAND ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to break up or dissolve 2. (intr. v.) to cease to function as a unit 3. (intr. v.) to disperse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After accumulating sufficient loot, the masked gang disbanded.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Al Muhajiroun was formally disbanded in October 2004 but still operates, CNN has discovered, under a variety of guises. CNN, American's odyssey to al Qaeda's heart, 31 July 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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