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	13-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sanctimony [ SANGK-tuh'-moh-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. pretended righteousness 2. affected religious devotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The people soon realised his sanctimony and forced him to leave town.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If the recent GOP scandals have proved anything, it is that neither party has a monopoly on virtue, but one has planted itself firmly at the corner of sanctimony and hypocrisy. CNN, Commentary: The politics of self destruction, Paul Begala, 7 July 2009   incentive [ in-SEN-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) something that incites to action or tends to incite to action 2. (n.) something that motivates or encourages greater effort 3. (adj.) stimulating or motivating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The workers were promised an incentive bonus to increase production.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tourism bosses hope the exchange rate - with the euro still strong against the Pound - will be another incentive for British people to holiday at home this year. BBC, Torbay tourism sees rise in bookings, 12 February 2010.   quail [ kweyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small gallinaceous bird like the bobwhite 2. (intr.v.) to cower, shrink back, wince or lose heart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Quails are short birds that nest on the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sleuths of the CID Forest cell on Sunday barged into a supermarket on MG Road and recovered quail eggs. The Times of India, Quail eggs seized from supermarket, February 4, 2008   shun [ shuhn ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to purposely avoid 2. to keep away from   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They used to be friends but now they shun each other at every opportunity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Also, some of sterling's weakness can be seen as the corollary of dollar strength, rather than a wholesale decision by international investors to shun sterling assets. BBC, Sterling shunned, Robert Peston, 24 October 2008   ramble [ RAM-buh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to walk idly or aimlessly over 2. (intr. v.) to wander about in a leisurely or aimless fashion 3. (intr. v.) to follow a course with many turns 4. (intr. v.) to talk or write in an aimless discursive manner 2. (n.) a leisurely walk 3. (n.) an aimless stroll   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children rambled through the bushes in search of butterflies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The next few miles is a gentle ramble along the border with great views of the bleak Welsh moorlands to the West and rich English farmlands to the east. BBC, Llanthony Priory to Capel y Ffin,   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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