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	27-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists malapropos [ mal-ap-ruh'-POH ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) out of place or inappropriate 2. (adj.) inopportune or untimely 3. (adv.) inappropriately or inopportunely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The student was summoned to the principal's office because of his malapropos behaviour in class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a widespread problem that malapropos institutions and inferior process can't be replaced in time in the course of an organization's running. Study on Terminator Community of Management Innovation, ZHAO Xinan, FAN Furong   sojourn [ n. SOH-jurn; v. SOH-jurn, soh-JURN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a trip, vacation or tour 2. (n.) a temporary or short term residence 3. (intr.v.) to visit or reside temporarily in some place   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He decided to take a sojourn to Las Vegas.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You could even bring a potted shrub or tree in from the garden for a short sojourn, covering any unsightly soil with a smart mulch of pebbles, shells, even glass marbles or old corks. Telegraph, 50 ways to improve your home: In the garden, 31 Mar 2008   mortify [ MAWR-tuh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to deaden or discipline one's bodily appetites by fasting or self-denial 2. (tr.v.) to shame, embarrass or humiliate 3. (intr.v.) to practise mortification 4. (intr.v.) to become necrosed or gangrenous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The outcome of the game mortified the home team.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not only deeply painful for the two of us but also for everyone else affected and it would mortify our mother if she were alive today and, if we might say so, we feel we are more able to speak for our mother than Paul. CNN, Burrell slammed as 'runaway train', October 25, 2003   irrevocable [ i-REV-uh'-kuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cannot be undone 2. cannot be changed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Once submitted, the payment is irrevocable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The path of non-violence is our irrevocable commitment and it is important that there be no departure at all from this path. BBC, Profile: The Dalai Lama, 25 February 2009   entomology [ en-tuh;-MOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the study of insects 2. the scientific study of insects 3. the branch of zoology dealing with insects   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Each student was supposed to bring an insect in a glass jar for his or her project on entomology.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A maggot became a key witness in a murder inquiry in Perth, Australia, in the latest breakthrough for forensic entomology - the science of using insects to crack criminal cases. BBC, Maggots help crack Perth murder mystery, 13 August 2003.   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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