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	29-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists repudiate [ ri-PYOO-dee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to refuse to accept as valid 2. to refuse to honour (a debt) 3. to turn one's back on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The article in the daily newspaper repudiated all his claims of being a "good Samaritan".   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The interim government repudiates the characterization of the transfer of power as a coup. CNN, Despite setback, ousted Honduran president wants to return, 7 July 2009   traduce [ truh-DOOS, -DYOOS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to slander or defame 2. to speak maliciously and falsely about 3. to cause disgrace or humiliation to a person by making malicious and false statements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politician was traduced by his adversary during the election campaign.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The "socialised medicine" of the British National Health Service has been roundly traduced; imperfect it may be, but the stories fed to the American public were caricatures. The Telegraph, Can Barack Obama turn things around? 17 January 2010.   sundry [ SUHN-dree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   diverse, miscellaneous, various or different   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Personal details should not be aired before all and sundry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The [housing market crash of the] early 1990s showed it wasn't a good idea to lend to all and sundry, and there are still some organisations which are going for quantity rather than quality. BBC, Dirty money exploits housing boom, By Jeremy Scott-Joynt, 30 April 2007   scribble [ SKRIB-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to write fast and carelessly 2. (tr. v.) to cover with meaningless writing 3. (intr. v.)to write in a fast and careless manner 4. (intr. v.) to make meaningless notations 5. (n.) writing that has little or no meaning 6. (n.) writing which is illegible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He would scribble notes in his rough pad during the lectures.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By their second birthday, many children will be able to copy you as you scribble 'round and round' in a circular pattern, and, soon after, to copy as you draw a vertical or a horizontal stroke. BBC, Learning to Draw   ebullient [ i-BUHL-yuh' nt, i-BOO' L- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. boiling; agitated; bubbling 2. high-spirited; highly enthusiastic or feverish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Our national cricket team has a number of ebullient youngsters whose athleticisms on the field make for delightful viewing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Donald Macleod charts the collaboration between Delius and the eccentric and ebullient composer Percy Grainger who, in spite of their contrasting characters, formed a close bond through their shared love of freedom, landscape and wild beauty. BBC, Composer Of The Week, 28 May 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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