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	18-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists soggy [ SOG-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) soaked 2. (adj.) damp 3. (adj.) dull   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ravenous children at the orphanage were happy to eat the soggy biscuits that were spoiled by the dampness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A small band of sailors are facing a summer of raging Arctic storms, cramped quarters and soggy clothes in their search for the human face of climate change. CNN, Sailing the Arctic to find the human face of climate change, Cameron Dueck, 9 Juny 2009   doctrine [ DOK-trin ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a principle, belief system, or policy that is taught or advocated 2. something that is taught 3. a principle or rule of law that is established esp. by a precedent 4. a statement of government policy esp. concerned with international relations or military strategy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctrine of the Catholic Church imposes strict celibacy on all its priests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The doctrine was written last year by the man who will command US forces in Iraq, Lieutenant General David Petraeus. BBC, The Bush plan and the Petraeus doctrine, Analysis, By Paul Reynolds, 11 January 2007   parasite [ PAR-uh'-sahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an organism that thrives on and derives its nutrition from another organism that belongs to a different species 2. one who takes advantage of another's hospitality without returning the other person's favours 3. (ancient greece) one who entertained rich people in order to receive meals for free   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His nephew was considered to be a parasite who would bleed the company dry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The consultants' report found the presence of the parasites, which attack grasses and crops. BBC, New turf to end stadium parasites, 20 October 2008   recumbent [ ri-KUHM-buh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) reclining, leaning or resting 2. (adj.) inactive, resting or idle 3. (n.) one who is idle or inactive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thief was fooled by the recumbent police officer into thinking that he could escape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The men were either recumbent or sitting on one of three different types of bicycle seat. BBC News, Cycling linked to impotence, 7 June, 1999   spurious [ SPYOO'R-ee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not from the claimed or original source 2. (adj.) fake or not genuine 3. (adj.) of illicit birth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was arrested for manufacturing spurious drugs in his garage.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, the Human Rights Act has given rise to too many spurious rights. BBC, Tories to review Human Rights Act, 23 August 2004   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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