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	02-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists queer [ kweer ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unconventional or strange 2. (adj.) feeling faint or unwell 3. (adj.) of a questionable character or shady 4. (tr. v.) to ruin or jeopardize   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mother had some queer notions about appropriate behaviour at a birthday party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Having been a naval officer, he became a prep school master and a journalist, and developed a passion for "queer and unusual pets". The Telegaph, The Defence of the Realm: the Authorised History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew, Simon Heffer, 16 October 2009.   dispirited [ dih-SPIR-i-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. discouraged or disheartened 2. gloomy or depressed 3. dejected   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children were dispirited when they realized that their class picnic had been cancelled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some black leaders are charging that the nation's first African-American president has failed to help black communities hit hard by the downturn, leaving party strategists worried that black Democrats will become dispirited and skip November's congressional elections. CNN, POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Alison Harding, March 17, 2010.   retrench [ ri-TRENCH ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reduce, cut down or curtail 2. (tr. v.) to delete or remove 3. (intr. v.) to economize or scrimp   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His orders retrenched the supplies reaching the branch offices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The decision will enable companies, having up to 1,000 employees, to retrench without getting prior approval from the government. The Times of India, Corporate India welcomes labour law amendments, 22 Feb 2002   hegira [ hi-JAHY-ruh', HEJ-er-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a journey undertaken in order to escape from an unpleasant place and get to a more conducive one 2. (islam) the flight of prophet muhammad from mecca to medina in 622 a.d.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hegira is re-enacted every year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eventually, the leading scholars of the third century after the hegira sifted through the extant material and made their own collections of what they thought to be authentic. Telegraph, Hadith: a tradition stretching back to Mohammed, By Alan Jones, 14 Nov 2001   immaculate [ i-mak-yuh'-lit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pure, without any blemish 2. without any errors 3. free form sin   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His immaculate appearance at all times amazed his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Either their homes are absolutely immaculate and look like something out of a House and Gardens magazine, or are a complete mess as they never have the time and the enthusiasm when they get home! BBC, EastEnders - Characters & Cast - Interviews, Kirsten Dudley, 2 July 2009   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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