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	12-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sidestep [ SAHYD-step  ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to step to one side 2. (tr. v.) to elude or dodge 3. (intr. v.) to avoid by stepping out of the way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The little boy swiftly sidestepped to escape the charging bully.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Appointed deputy general secretary of the POEU in August 1969, Stanley sidestepped the argument between the union barons and Barbara Castle over her In Place of Strife reform package, arguing that much of it could be implemented without legislation as the government was already the employer. The Telegraph, Bryan Stanley, 17 August 2009   trident [ TRAHYD-nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a three pronged spearlike weapon 2. a three-pronged spear   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The artist sculpted a statue of Neptune bearing a trident for the School of Oceanography.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Indian state of Rajasthan is to introduce a ban on Hindus carrying a traditional religious icon, the trident. BBC, Rajasthan to ban Hindu trident, 10 February 2003.   umbrage [ UHM-brij ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. offence, displeasure or resentment 2. foliage of trees that cast shadows and provide shade 3. a hint or indication of doubt or hostility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The umbrage should not go unpunished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Everybody gets annoyed at some point and hearing other people's tales of umbrage can be pretty entertaining. BBC, Losing it!, By contributor Jennifer Bartram   quizzical [ KWIZ-i-kuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. odd, queer, eccentric or comical 2. puzzled, perplexed or confused 3. teasing, questioning or mocking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The quizzical expression on his face was one in a million.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The teen had a quizzical look on his face when the verdict was read in the hushed courtroom. CNN, Teen guilty of second-degree murder in teacher killing, May 16, 2001   slack [ slak ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) loose or weak 2. (adj.) slow or not brisk 3. (adj.) negligent 4. a loose state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The staff would take advantage of the slack manager by having frequent breaks..   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But their opener in the 10th minute was gifted by slack defending by England as Dirk Kuyt cut out Rio Ferdinand's weak pass and rounded goalkeeper Robert Green before sending a right foot shot past captain John Terry on the line. CNN, Defoe double rescues England in Amsterdam, 12 August 2009   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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