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	09-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists trudge [ truhj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to walk heavily and laboriously 2. (n.) a laborious walk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hikers were tired as evening drew on and they trudged wearily on their way home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And when the losers trudge off, beaten and vanquished, they can console themselves with the thought that they are far from alone in their abject disappointment. BBC, Final expectations at fever pitch, Paul Fletcher, 29 June 2008   contortions [ kuh'n-TAWR-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. distortions or the act or process of twisting 2. the state or position of being twisted 3. bent out of shape   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was evident that he was in agony by the contortions on his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thanks to a lack of flexibility, bending myself into awkward contortions is not enjoyable. The Telegraph, Acroyoga: fun with a very flexible friend, Olivia Walmsley, 1 March 2010.   banal [ buh'-NAL, -NAHL, BEYN-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lacking originality or novelty 2. commonplace; petty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Despite the presence of big stars, the banal plot of the film ensured its lukewarm response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a series of leisurely-paced scenes, Suleiman shows the banal realties of petrol bomb attacks and army checkpoint searches, combining them with dreamlike sequences. BBC, Palestinian film shows life with conflict, Wednesday, 29 January, 2003   wheedle [ HWEED-l, WEED-l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to cajole or entice or persuade by means of flattery 2. (tr.v.) to obtain or procure by means of flattery 3. (intr.v.) to meet one's needs by using flattery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He wheedled and heaped lavish praise on the President.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jackson's lawyers have tried to paint his accuser's family as grifters with a habit of wheedling money out of the rich and famous. CNN, Jackson visits hospital again, June 6, 2005   susceptibility [ suh'-sep-tuh'-BIL-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the tendency to be easily influenced or affected 2. vulnerability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His susceptibility to diseases was due to his poor physique.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Researchers believe that most cancers are triggered by a range of factors, including environmental exposure, inherited susceptibility and chance. The Telegraph, Genes 'could play significant role in development of leukaemia', Kate Devlin, 17 August 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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