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	12-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists latent [ LEYT-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. existing but not able to be seen 2. an undeveloped stage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His latent talent came to light during the competition, much to the chagrin of his opponents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forget the football pitch – there's nothing quite like quarterly growth statistics to bring out the latent nationalism of Europeans. The Telegraph, Germany's rapid recovery might be a mirage, Jeremy Warner, 14 August 2009   opulence [ OP-yuh'-luh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. wealth 2. affluence 3. great abundance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In India, the name 'Ambani' is synonymous with untold wealth and opulence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Overlooking a dazzling swathe of white-sand beach, Le Royal Meridien Beach Hotel and Spa – to give it its grandiose full title – is a haven of classic opulence in the futuristic whirl of Dubai's marina development. Telegraph, Le Royal Meridien, Dubai, 25 Jan 2010.   imperil [ im-PER-uh'l ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to put at risk or endanger 2. to expose to danger   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He imperilled the financial stability of his company by embarking upon a major high risk venture which no other company was willing to undertake.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The British government says the IRA ceasefire has not broken down despite growing fears that incidents of violence in Northern Ireland could imperil last year's peace agreement. BBC, World: Europe Mowlam says IRA hasn't violated ceasefire, 26 August 1999.   sinecure [ SAHY-ni-kyoo' r, SIN-i- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a job or position that provides a high salary but requires minimal or no work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He loved his job as it was a sinecure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Before that she resigned a State sinecure, protesting the "lack of ethics" of fellow Republican members, and went on to destroy the political careers of Randy Ruedrich, GOP State Chairman, and Gregg Renkes, a former Alaska Attorney General. Chronicles Magazine, Editors' Round Table on Sarah Palin: An Innocent Abroad, by Srdja Trifkovic   muffle [ MUHF-uh' l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to conceal by wrapping or enveloping 2. (tr.v.) to pad, wrap or envelop with something in order to stifle sound 3. (tr.v.) to stifle, suppress or repress 4. (n.) one that muffles 5. (n.) a sound that is muffled 6. (n.) an oven or kiln that heats without direct contact with fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sound of protest was muffled as a cloth was thrown over his head.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said she would stay to ensure a proposed super-inspectorate would not "muffle" inspection work. BBC, Prisons watchdog to stay in post, 28 June 2006   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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