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	04-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lout [ lout ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a goon, boor, oaf or awkward person 2. (tr.v.) to scorn or treat contemptuously 3. (intr.v.) to respectfully bend, bow or stoop   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was often described as a lout with brains the size of a pea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The drunken lout is the most common killer of the office party, according to Marjorie Brody, president of Brody Communications, a business consulting firm in Philadelphia. abcNews, Holiday Parties Are a Headache for Managers, By ERIC NOE, Dec. 15, 2005   ominous [ OM-uh'-nuh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. foreboding, portentous or inauspicious 2. of or being a omen esp. one that is evil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had an ominous feeling that something was bound to go wrong ever since a black cat crossed his path early in the morning.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Roger Federer sent out an ominous message to his rivals by claiming the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati with a straight sets demolition of Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday. CNN, Federer back to his best with Cincinnati win, August 23, 2009   debar [ di-BAHR ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to exclude or shut out from 2. to prohibit or forbid 3. to fend off or prevent entry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court should debar the lawyers who indulge in unethical practices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If convicted in the land case, Miss Jayalalitha could be debarred from contesting elections for six years. BBC, World: South Asia, Jayalalitha charged in land case, 19 July 1999.   buttress [ BUH-tris ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an external support built to provide stability to a structure 2. (n.) any support or prop 3. (n.) something shaped like a tree trunk with a widening base 4. (n.) a bony protuberance, esp. on a horse's hoof 5.(tr. v.) to prop up or to lend support to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The loft in the shed collapsed because it was not built with a proper buttress.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said Tony and his wife, Cherie, had agreed to give way on the issue of a series of masonry buttresses that were required to support a Grade II listed wall on the property, and the design of a sports pavilion. The Telegraph, Tony Blair makes U-turn after protests at country house, Richard Eden, 13 March 2010.   sully [ SUHL-ee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to taint, defile or make soiled 2. (intr.v.) to tarnish, stain or defile 3. (n.) one that defiles or stains (n.) (archaic) a spot or stain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her reputation was sullied by gossip mongers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fraudulent phone-in competitions and profane Christmas shows have sullied the reputation of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for high-minded paternalism in recent years. Economist, Broadcasting uncertainty, Nov 6th 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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