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	31-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists leviathan [ li-VAHY-uh'-thuh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an unusually gigantic water beast mentioned in the Bible 2. (n.) anything that is unusually large of its kind 3. (adj.) gigantic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Our small boat began to sway and pitch violently from the waves generated by the leviathan oil tanker.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   IBM, needless to say, isn't the Big Blue of my early years. It is no longer the arrogant leviathan that would crush you like a bug for competing with it, or, in my case, writing nasty things about it. ABC News, Silicon Insider: The Laptop Lament, B U R L I N G A M E, Calif., April 24 2008   vociferous [ voh-SIF-er-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. clamorous, noisy or vehement when expressing one's feelings 2. marked or characterised by a vehement or loud outcry 3. blatant, boisterous or strident   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vociferous protests went unheard.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Democrats believe that the Obama camp chose Biden, known for his vociferous critiques of the Bush administration, to help fill perceived gaps in Obama's résumé with his foreign policy experience. CNN, McCain campaign: Clinton did not say Obama ready to lead, August 27, 2008   tryst [ trist, trahyst ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an appointment or meeting or a place for such a meeting 2. (tr.v.) to fix up a meeting 3. (intr.v.) to agree for an appointment or meeting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The garden became famous as it was their chosen place for a tryst.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Finns retreat to their havens every midsummer, for their tryst with nature. The Economic Times, Finland: Land of lakes, 27 Nov 2008   purgatory [ PUR-guh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) (roman catholic church) a place or condition in which the people who have died in god's grace suffer and expatiate their sins 2. (n.) any state or place in which punishment, expatiation and suffering are temporary 3. (n.) limbo, hell or netherworld 4. (adj.) tending or serving to expatiate or cleanse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He feared ending up in purgatory as a result of his misdeeds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is as if after years in purgatory the light has come back into Mrs Sharma's life. The Times of India, Free of oil and grime, September 4, 2004   reprobate [ REP-ruh'-beyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person without any sense of right or wrong 2. (n.) a person doomed or without hope of being saved 3. (adj.) without principles of right and wrong 4. (tr. v.) to reject or condemn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His election promise to the community was that he would endeavour to convert hardened reprobates into respectable law abiding citizens.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We sincerely believe and hope this reprobate should never be allowed into society again to cause this degree of pain and suffering to another family. BBC, Alicia's killer jailed for life, 2 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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