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	02-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stalwart [ STAWL-wert ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) strongly and sturdily built 2. (tr. v.) valiant; brave and strong 3. (tr. v.) uncompromising or steadfast 4. (n.) a physically strong and sturdy person 5.(n.) an uncompromising partisan   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The security guards employed by the bank were all stalwart ex-army personnel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leeds United stalwart Gary Kelly is to retire at the end of the season. BBC, Leeds veteran Kelly set to retire, 1 May 2007.   sustenance [ SUHS-tuh'-nuh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. maintenance of life or provision of a means of livelihood 2. the process or act of being sustained 3. something that provides support or strength   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sustenance depended on how good a hunter he was.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The kitchen dressers of Highland crofts often contained a "porridge drawer" which was filled with freshly cooked porridge that could be cut into squares when cold and taken onto the hills for sustenance. BBC, Secret weapon wins porridge title, 12 October 2008   nubile [ NOO-bil, -bahyl, NYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (pertaining to a young woman) marriageable or physically and mentally mature 2. (pertaining to a young woman) sexually attractive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Miss India contestants are nubile, young women with beauty and brains.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an elephant, a sizable young female, nubile and shy. National Geographic, Family Ties, By David Quammen National Geographic Contributing Writer, September 2008   odium [  OH-dee-uh'm  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) detestation or extreme hatred 2. (n.) opprobrium or disgrace that has been brought upon oneself by a hateful action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The extremist leader brought public odium upon himself by delivering a blasphemous speech.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The vast majority of these people want nothing more than the American dream of working hard, making money, spending money, educating their kids, and living in peace and protection from the odium of governments that are not free. CNN, Your e-mails: Answers on immigration, 16 May 2006   internecine [ in-ter-NEE-seen ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. relating to internal conflict or struggle as within a nation or organization 2. ruinous to both parties to the conflict 3. characterized by bloodshed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The internecine feud between the two noble families had endured for several generations.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The decision maintains the pressure on the opposition which on Tuesday replaced Malcolm Turnbull as leader with Tony Abbott following an internecine brawl between the conservative and liberal wings of the party. CNN, Australia carbon laws fail to pass Senate, Peter Smith, 2 December 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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