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	08-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists evocative [ ih-VOK-uh'-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being remindful 2. tending to arouse emotions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   That painting of children huddled together by the hearth was evocative of a cold winter's night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a scene vividly evocative of the film Flubber, Valencia gets to the byline and crosses. The Telegraph, Carling Cup final: Aston Villa v Manchester United as it happened, Jonathan Liew, 29 February 2010.   complaisant [ kuh' m-PLEY-suh' nt, -zuh' nt, KOM-pluh'-zant ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   readily willing to please or oblige   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Employers are apt to take advantage of complaisant employees.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems that these days AMD prefers to force feed complaisant journalist geese to produce what it hopes is the finest pâté de foie gras to present to its shareholders on toast. The INQUIRER, AMD is "out of step with Moore's Law" Analysis: The rise and rise of the analysts, By Mike Magee: Wednesday, 26 March 2008   effusive [ i-FYOO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely demonstrative, expressive or lacking restraint when showing emotions 2. overflowing, profuse esp. pertaining to flow of lava   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His effusive demeanour angered people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were effusive in their praise for Somdev Devvarman, who defeated former world number one French Open champion Carlos Moya. The Times of India, Paes, Bhupathi heap praise on Somdev, 8 Jan 2009   dolt [ dohlt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a dunce or stupid person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was termed a dolt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Then there's the other character, maybe you, who made a ton of money but ended up with considerably less than the dolt down the street. abcNEWS, You Don't Have to Be Smart to Be Rich, By LEE DYE, May 16, 2007   ambivalent [ am-BIV-uh'-luh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   exhibiting simultaneous, contradictory emotions, attitudes or feelings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her ambivalent reactions confused everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev had given ambivalent indications about his country's intentions at the G8 summit in Japan earlier this week. Telegraph, Zimbabwe: China justifies sanctions veto, By Sebastian Berger in Johannesburg, 12 Jul 2008   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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