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	31-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists melancholy [ MEL-uh'n-kol-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) depression or a gloomy disposition 2. (n.) pensiveness 3. (adj.) affected by gloom or depression 2. (adj.) pensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He suffered from melancholy after the funeral of his best friend.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's an Edwardian fable about eternal cycles of regeneration and the restorative power of nature; melancholy and ill-health are exchanged for well-being and spiritual uplift. The Telegraph, The Secret Garden at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, review, Dominic Cavendish, 12 January 2010.   natty [ NAT-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. spruce or smartly dressed 2. having a neat and trim appearance 3. dapper   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the executives were dressed in natty dark business suits.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Chief Male Nurse was an ex-RAF man, still wearing his blazer with badge and a very natty cravat. BBC, In a mad world, Alan, 14 October 2009.   vivacious [ vi-VEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   lively, sprightly or highly spirited   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vivacious, little girl won the 100-metre sprint.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The music runs its relentlessly vivacious course before ending in an exultant blaze of trumpets and drums. BBC, More information about the Mozart pieces..., 17 January 2009   penology [ pee-NOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the study of the deterrent and reformatory aspects of punishment of criminals 2. (n.) the study of the management procedures in prisons   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The warden feigned ignorance of penology and proclaimed that criminals were supposed to suffer for their crimes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As an acolyte of the hanging-is-not-punishment-enough school of penology, I feel that my views on the killers of Jamie Bulger deserve a hearing. The Telegraph, There is hope for these boys - more punishment could end it, Dr Theodore Dalrymple, 6 July 2000.   pulverize [ PUHL-vuh'-rahyz ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pound or grind to a powder 2. (tr. v.) to crush completely or demolish 3. (intr. v.) to be pounded or ground to a powder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   At the factory, bottles and scrap glass pieces were pulverized and used to make emery paper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With first-floor galleries open to the sky, the museum contains little besides crates of pulverized objects. BBC, Afghanistan: At the Crossroads of Ancient Civilisations By Dan Cruickshank, 19 January 2010.   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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