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	04-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vindicate [ VIN-di-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to free or clear from accusations and criticism 2. to justify, confirm, substantiate or support 3. to avenge or exact revenge 4. to maintain, insist or defend   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was vindicated when he won the trial.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Walsh clearly appears to believe his approach has been vindicated. Telegraph, Guinness boss Paul Walsh remains cheery amid the economic gloom, By Jonathan Sibun, 06 Dec 2008   ennui [ ahn-WEE, AHN-wee; Fr. ahn*-NWEE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   dissatisfaction or weariness caused due to boredom   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The endless speech- replete with cliched platitudes- made by the visiting Head of State produced an unbearable ennui among the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he shakes off his air of lethargic, suburban ennui, he lets an enormous passionate energy shine through, and it brightens up the whole R.E.M. experience. BBC, R.E.M Reckoning, Review by Al Spicer, 10 March 2008   epistemologist [ i-pis-tuh'-MOL-uh'-jist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a specialist in the extent and validity of the nature of knowledge 2. a philosopher who studies the nature and theory of knowledge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The class was asked to identify the epistemologist who wrote the essay on 'the theory of knowledge.'   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Taleb is a Lebanese options trader turned epistemologist. The Telegraph, Tales of the unexpected, 31 May 2007.   decapitate [ di-KAP-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to behead; to cut off the head of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the French revolution a guillotine was used to decapitate people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police say the swan was held down "with some degree of force" before a knife was used to decapitate it. BBC, £1,000 reward after swan beheaded, 4 April 2007   trenchant [ TREN-chuh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. caustic, penetrating or incisive in nature 2. energetic , effective or forceful 3. distinct, sharply defined or clear-cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was known for his trenchant wit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hughes became an increasingly trenchant critic of Adams following the IRA's 1997 decision to call a cease-fire so that Sinn Fein could join peace talks on Northern Ireland's future. abcNews, IRA Figure Brendan Hughes Dies, February 19, 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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