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	04-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists chimerical [ ki-MER-i-kuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. imaginary 2. unrealistic or highly fanciful 3. highly unlikely or improbable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a chimerical concept and had no practical application.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Norman Stone, director and producer of The Narnia Code, to be screened on BBC2 at Easter, says the theory is the "best explanation yet" for the chimerical nature of the books. The Telegraph, Secret theme behind Narnia Chronicles is based upon the stars, says new research, Alastair Jamieson, 30 November 2008.   dumbfound [ duhm-FOUND, DUHM-found ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make speechless with amazement 2. to amaze or astonish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wife was dumbfounded when she heard that her husband had tendered his resignation because of a minor altercation with his colleague.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police in Australia say they are ""dumbfounded"" by the dumping of a live shark on the doorstep of a newspaper in Victoria state. BBC, Shark 'dumped' on Australia paper, 23 April 2009.   recreant [ REK-ree-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cowardly, gutless or craven 2. (adj.) unfaithful, treacherous or traitorous 3. (n.) one who is cowardly or gutless 4. (n.) a deserter, traitor, renegade or unfaithful person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Recreant acts can cause an army to lose the battle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the jobs of the prefects at my school was to summon the junior boys to be thrashed; and I remember being appalled to listen to the blubbing pleas of some recreant, as he was given 12 strokes. Telegraph, Our teachers are defenceless in class, By Boris Johnson, 12/02/2004   immolate [ IM-uh'-leyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to sacrifice or kill in order to sacrifice 2. to destroy by means of fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was immolated as a show of regaining respect for the clan.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The following year two students, Jan Palach and Jan Zajic, immolated themselves at the foot of the National Museum in Wenceslas Square in protest at the continuing Soviet occupation. Telegraph, Trial and terror in a by-gone Prague, 01 Oct 2007   husk [ huhsk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds 2. the worthless part   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The husks of rice were collected as they made excellent fodder for cattle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Extracted from the germ and inner husk of rice, this oil's very high smoke point (254°C) makes it suitable for high-temperature cooking. The Telegraph, The rapeseed revolution, Lydia Bell, 1 June 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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