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	14-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists cantankerous [ kan-TANG-ker-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   tempered or quarrelsome person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although he was undoubtedly brilliant, his cantankerous ways made him a poor leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A cantankerous iconoclast with bulging hazel eyes, scraggly salt-and-pepper beard, and wild locks flowing from beneath a floppy camouflage jungle hat, Possuelo, 63, is widely considered one of the Amazon's last great wilderness scouts and the leading authority on Brazil's remaining pockets of isolated Indians. National Geographic, Into the Amazon, By Scott Wallace, August 2003   zephyr [ ZEF-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mild breeze blowing from the west 2. one that is insubstantial, temporary or airy 3. a soft and light fabric, cloth or yarn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The clouds were blown inland by a zephyr.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While most Mondays spell images of bustling, post-weekend scrambles to get back to the grind, this was a zephyr and drizzle-laden one. The Times of India, Rain washes away the summer blues, 4 May, 2004   recrimination [ ri-KRIM-uh'-neyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a counter charge or allegation in retaliation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court case nearly resembled a circus ring with accusations and recriminations being tossed around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Trust and confidence have been conspicuously absent from the exchange of recriminations over the issue of the pension package awarded to Sir Fred Goodwin, former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Telegraph, Our liberties are at stake in this crisis of confidence, 01 Mar 2009   apiary [ EY-pee-er-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a place in which bees or bee hives are kept and raised for honey   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The apiary in Marine lines has the capacity to supply honey to all of South Mumbai.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The honey in their popular Pooh Beer is from a bee keeper whose apiary is just up the road from them in Ridge Lane. BBC, Nuneaton brewery rises to the taste challenge, 10 February 2003   transcend [ tran-SEND ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to exceed limits or go beyond 2. (tr.v.) to overcome life's negativities 3. (tr.v.) to excel or outdo 4. (intr.v.) to exceed or surpass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   True love is said to transcend barriers of time and religion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The debate will be over priorities, transcending the longstanding debate between idealism and realism. The Economist, An end of hubris, Nov 19th 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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