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	13-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists omnipresent [ om-nuh'-PREZ-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   present everywhere at the same time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   CP(I)M leader Sitaram Yechury seems to be omnipresent on all political talk shows.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That other Hawkins - real-life Kevin Hawkins, director-general of the British Retail Consortium - is the omnipresent voice of sweet commercial reason on the nation's high streets. The Herald, Hawkins tips ratesetters The Black Spot, Alf Young, October 9 2007   abstruse [ ab-STROOS ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. recondite, ambiguous, esoteric or very difficult to understand or comprehend   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His abstruse speech confused everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The assembly is often engaged in discussing fairly abstruse issues, then suddenly comes alive when a riveting personal testimony is made. The Herald, Riveting personal testimony lends life to assembly, RON FERGUSON, May 23 2007   disparate [ DIS-per-it, di-SPAR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   dissimilar, different, unequal or distinct   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The test is unreliable because the test results were disparate when retested.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some 6,000 species live in disparate habitats all over the world, from shallow reefs to two miles beneath the sea surface. National Geographic, Nudibranchs, By Emily Krieger, Jun 3, 2008   precedent [ n. PRES-i-duh'nt; adj. pri-SEED-nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a legal decision serving as an authoritative pattern for similar cases in the future 2. (n.) a standard example 3. (adj.) anterior or frontal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer won the case by quoting a precedent from the supreme court.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In its bid for a do-over, the FAI pointed to precedent set in 2005 when a World Cup qualifier between Uzbekistan and Bahrain was replayed after the referee was found to have committed a technical error. CNN, Zidane: Don't 'dwell' on Henry's handball, 22 November 2009.   appurtenances [ uh'-PUR-tn-uh'n-ces  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. instruments or apparatus 2. accessories 3. equipment or gear   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The team carried all the appurtenances they needed for the mountain climbing expedition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But they lit up with Seth, realising the social mileage that could accrue from adopting such seemingly opulent habits in a city where expensive appurtenances carry weight. BBC, World: South Asia Cuban cigars are big puff in India, Rahul Bedi, 17 August 1999.   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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