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	13-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inveterate [ in-VET-er-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. habitual 2. set in the way of doing something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inveterate liar told lies for the most insignificant of reasons.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We especially like the inclusion of text explanations along the bottom, although, being inveterate nitpickers, we did detect some mistakes. CNN, Review: Solid picture, good price from Westinghouse TV, David Katzmaier, 23 August 2007   canto [ KAN-toh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one of the main or principal divisions of a long poem   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They recited the canto of 'The Three Preludes' for the talent competition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Such was the case with Canto Vital ("Song of Nature"), the almost hilariously signature piece that finished off the first half of his program at the Coliseum. The Telegraph, Carlos Acosta and Guests: London Coliseum, review, Mark Monahan, 24 July 2009.   botch [ boch ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to spoil by bad workmanship 2. (tr. v.) to bungle or perform clumsily 3. (n.) an eruption on the skin 4. (n.) a piece of work that is ruined or defective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In his eagerness to do more work than the other apprentices he botched the project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clinton met with representatives from other world powers Wednesday in London to discuss ways to help Yemen improve its economic situation and fight terrorism in the wake of a botched attack on a U.S. airliner. CNN, Clinton presses Yemen to move on key reforms, Elise Labott and Jill Dougherty, 27 January 2010.   wanderlust [ WON-der-luh'st ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a very strong desire to travel 2. the urge to rove about 3. an irresistible impulse to travel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She said that if she won the lottery, she would give vent to her wanderlust and explore the farthest reaches of the earth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An 83-year-old cyclist who cannot control his wanderlust is about to set off on a gruelling journey to Russia. BBC, Octogenarian hits the road again, 8 August 2003.   scorn [ skawrn ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reject with utmost contempt or scorn 2. (intr.v.) to treat with scorn or reject disdainfully 3. (n.) a contemptuous or disdainful rejection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She scorned anyone who disagreed with her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But there has been a counter, more populist tradition, which is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely. CNN, Palin's future causes Republican rift, By Alexander Mooney, October 29, 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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