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	03-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists skulduggery [ skuhl-DUHG-uh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   crafty trickery or unscrupulous behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In 19th century Britain, gypsies were accused of skulduggery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   US finance giant Citigroup is dumping the boss of its investment banking arm, Salomon Smith Barney, amid allegations of biased research and skulduggery in its corporate finance operations. BBC, Scandal-hit Salomon ditches chief, 9 September, 2002   ramify [ RAM-uh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to develop complexities 2. (intr. v.) to grow branches or branch out 3. (tr. v.) to separate into parts or branches   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inability to rush an accident victim to a hospital on time could ramify the loss of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The loss is terrible, and it will ramify through millions of lives. The Telegraph, This is the tempest long foretold, 12 September 2001   slur [ slur ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to utter indistinctly 2. (tr. v.) to slander 3. (tr. v.) to not give proper consideration to 4. (n.) a slanderous remark 5. (n.) an unclear tone of voice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After imbibing three pegs of whiskey, he would slur and so nobody was able to understand what he said.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Klein said that when Jackson came to his office the week of his death, there were no indications anything was wrong: no "problems of slurred speech, shorten movement or anything." CNN, Dermatologist doesn't think he's Jackson kids' dad, Alan Duke, 8 July 2009   subsidy [ SUHB-si-dee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a direct pecuniary aid granted by the government to a private industrial undertaking 2. a contribution of money or a grant 3. monetary assistance given by the government to a person or organization   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government of India gives a subsidy to manufacturers of fertilizer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a quirk of the archaic law, local authorities can sign over such cash to the distillers themselves via such things as local tax breaks and advertising subsidies. The Telegraph, Diageo and Bacardi at war over rum distillery, Helia Ebrahimi, 25 October 2009.   demure [ di-MYOO' R ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. reserved or modest in manner or behaviour 2. coy; affected shyness or modesty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her demure manner endeared her to her elders.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The leading lady is usually demure and innocent and will wear a calf-length or full-length dress. BBC, The Costumes, 11th December 2006   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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