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	16-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wrest [ rest ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to twist, jerk or force violently 2. (tr.v.) to forcefully usurp or take away 3. (tr.v.) to twist or distort one's meaning 4. (n.) a twist or wrench 5. (n.) (archaic) a small key that is used to wrench pins of a stringed instrument   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crown and throne were wrested from him by a bloody coup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not surprising that Google and 23andMe, a genomics firm, want the power of information that comes from new technologies in health care to be wrested from the medical profession. Economist, On MPs' expenses, Iranian dissidents, Chrysler, Nordic countries, genetic information, the Supreme Court, May 21st 2009   transgress [ trans-GRES ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to break the law 2. (tr. v.) to exceed a limit or boundary 3. (intr. v.) to commit a sin   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The principal of the boarding school informed the students that he would severely punish anyone who dared transgress his rules.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This internal dilemma is thrown into sharp relief when Kyle is coerced into heading up a new punishment squad to deal harshly with those who transgress the UDA's ruling on paramilitary activity. BBC, As the Beast Sleeps, 5 October 2009   unerringly [ uhn-UR-ing-lie ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. without making mistakes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He unerringly did all the household chores for his mother.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The former vice presidential candidate unerringly taps into America's conservative psyche. The Telegraph, The Tea Party, Sarah Palin and mutiny, Alex Spillius. 8 February 2010.   corpulent [ KAWR-pyuh'-luh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   fat; stout; having a large bulky body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A corpulent frame can lead to a host of ailments, including heart disease and diabetes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Catholics placed their own candidate, Sir John Everard, in the chair. Whereupon the Protestants placed their own candidate, the corpulent Sir John Davies, on his lap. BBC, A Short History of Ireland   asperity [ uh'-SPER-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. ruggedness, harshness or roughness 2. difficulty, rigor or hardship 3. rudeness or acrimony   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The asperity of her answer stunned everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The caption notes with some asperity that they thought it was closing but the information turned out to be "a stunt" by a rival party. BBC, Something new to say, By Mark Mardell, 5 April, 2005   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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