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	16-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists coalescing [ koh-uh'-LES ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   fusing, blending, combined or united   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The coalescing liquids produced a magenta colour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On 9 August 1956 thousands of women assembled in Pretoria despite a ban on unauthorised gatherings, eventually coalescing in a 20,000-strong protest outside the Union Buildings. BBC, Women re-enact South Africa march, 9 August 2006   grueling [ GROO-uh'-ling ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) physically and mentally tiring or exhausting 2. (n.) an exhausting experience   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children reached the top of the hill after a grueling climb.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She was rushed into surgery and after a grueling 10-hour operation, Kang is now recovering well and will be able to live a normal life. The Telegraph, Chinese toddler has dead twin removed from her stomach, 30 October 2009.   incoherent [ in-koh-HEER-uh'nt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. without being logical, meaningful or sensible 2. disjointed, rambling, confusing or unable to express one's thoughts in a clear, orderly manner 3. uncoordinated, different or incompatible by nature 4. lacking harmony or unity of parts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No one could figure out what had happened as the lone survivor of the car crash provided incoherent responses to the queries put to her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The chairman of insurance group Standard Life, Gerry Grimstone, who's an adviser to the Treasury on efficiency, has called the Tory calculations "incoherent". BBC, Efficiency savings: Do the figures stack up? Hugh Pym , 8 April 2010.   Machiavellian [ mak-ee-uh'-VEL-ee-uh' n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. of or pertaining to Machiavelli 2. suggestive or marked by the principles analysed by Machiavelli especially those concerned with deceit, cunning or expediency   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Politicians often resort to Machiavellian methods in order to get votes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So despite my VCR blues, I'm hanging in there, while overlooking occasional plot lapses (instead of launching a Machiavellian scheme to undermine Jack's efforts, why don't the homicidal bad guys merely kill him when they have the chance?) that baffle me probably because I'm not up on every nuance. Newsday, From the Los Angeles Times - Miss an hour, and you've cut into '24', By Howard Rosenberg   dote [ doht ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to love or be extremely fond of 2. to be foolish or exhibit mental decline due to old age   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They were doted on by the entire family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   US Weekly notes that Mrs Obama will not be hiring a nanny as her mother, Marian Robinson, 71, has moved into the White House to help look after the two grandchildren on whom she is said to dote. Telegraph, Michelle Obama bans daughters Malia and Sasha from mixing with celebrities, By Philip Sherwell in New York, 31 Jan 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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