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	03-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hortatory [ HAWR-tuh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. encouraging or urging to some course of action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The team went on to win the match after listening to the hortatory speech delivered by their coach.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What we don't want is another six-party meeting that just turns into hortatory exchanges of view. CNN, Powell: Serious talks over N Korea, 7 January 2004.   swarthy [ SWAWR-th'ee, -thee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   possessing a dark colour or complexion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His swarthy complexion made him stand out in the crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We get rice and beans from a charity called Care Myanmar, drinking water from the sky and fish from this creek, said Maung Oo, a swarthy 51-year-old, as he stared at monsoon floodwaters lapping against his makeshift bamboo and tarpaulin hut. abcNews, Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Rely on Handouts, Struggle On, By Aung Hla Tun, November 2, 2008   obelisk [ OB-uh'-lisk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a tall, sleek, four-sided monolithic stone pillar that tapers toward its top and terminates or ends in a pyramid 2. obelus, dagger or one resembling a shaft   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The structure, shaped like an obelisk, was thought to contain mystical powers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The obelisk was erected by Colonel Archibald Robertson, the British Resident at the Court of the Raja of Satara from 1827 to 1832, when his eldest daughter, 'Tilly', died, aged 10, in the hill station. The Times of India, Hill station lovers restore destroyed memories, Gunvanthi Balaram, 18 April 2004   supplant [ suh'-PLANT, -PLAHNT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to supersede or usurp one's place by trickery or plotting 2. to uproot, displace or substitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The general tried to supplant the king by planning a military coup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   David Miliband, the man who is thought to want to supplant Gordon Brown at 10, Downing Street, leaves the Labour Party conference as damaged goods, largely caused by self-inflicted wounds. The Herald, Labour analysis: Miliband suffers setback   lupine [ LOO-pin ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) savage or predatory 2. (adj.) pertaining to characteristic of a wolf 3. (n.) any of the different types of plants that belong to the genus lupinus, of the pea family that bears edible seeds, or white, pink or blue flowers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lupine features, prominently seen in the various portraits of his ancestors, were not reflected in his portrait.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is 62 and still looks as he has always looked - tall, lean and lupine with his floppy, side-parted hair still (suspiciously?) dark. Telegraph, Bryan Ferry: 'I don't want to be controversial', Nigel Farndale, 16 Apr 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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