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	20-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inveigle [ in-VEY-guh' l, -VEE- ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to entice or win over by flattery or sweet talk 2. to obtain or acquire by slyness or beguiling talk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He managed to inveigle his friend into joining him for a walking tour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I hope the Oxford event might inveigle other contemporaries who came to the early concerts or who were studying music at the time and with whom I spent many hours in lectures and the library to renew their acquaintance with the group and me again. University of Oxford, Doing It Properly: On Oxford, Singing and the Music Profession, by Robert Hollingworth   adduce [ uh'-DOOS, uh'-DYOOS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to offer or cite as a reason, example or proof   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He adduced a convincing argument to explain his absence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The trial court had discredited the procedure of fingerprinting not on the basis of evidence adduced by the defence but on the basis of some literature the judge concerned had apparently come across during his research. The Times of India, Mattoo case got focus again, Bhadra Sinha, 18 October 2006   conduce [ kuh' n-DOOS, -DYOOS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to lead, tend or contribute to a particular outcome or result   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Bigman Company conduced the music industry with the induction of newer technologies into music-making.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Microsoft's anticompetitive actions trammeled the competitive process through which the computer software industry generally stimulates innovation and conduces to the optimum benefit of consumers. CNN, What does Microsoft's legal loss mean for Linux?, by Joe Barr, April 6, 2000   sonorous [ suh'-NAWR-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) giving off a deep sound 2. (adj.) resonant or rich in sound 3. (adj.) an impressive style or manner of speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sonorous sound made by the horn marked the beginning of the games.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His chilling, sonorous tones were later brought to Hollywood, most notably as treacherous and overreaching power-seeker Saruman in "Lord of the Rings. CNN, The Screening Room's Top 10 British Villains, 26 October, 2007.   cherubic [ chuh'-ROO-bik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to an angel represented as a beautiful rosy-cheeked child with wings 2. (adj.) like a sweet child with a chubby innocent face   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone fell in love with the cherubic little child.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Susan Boyle is not the only singer who has captured the judge's attention - a host of cherubic youngsters have also made it through to the semi-finals. The Telegraph, Susan Boyle makes Britain's Got Talent semi-final, 23 May 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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