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	21-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists carp [ kahrp ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to unreasonably criticize or complain 2. (n.) an irritable, peevish or fretful complaint 3. (n.) an Asian fresh-water fish that is often bred for food   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She carped about the settlement of her divorce all her life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Public information officers may carp about the burgeoning number of applications that land on their desks every day, but the fact remains that the Right to Information Act is sadly underutilised. The Times of India, Keep a watch on govt with Rs 10, Seema Kamdar, 27 December 2004   sedulous [ SEJ-uh'-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. assiduous, diligent or hardworking 2. cautiously or persistently maintained   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was regarded as a sedulous, young man who would do well in life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Think of the sedulous fashion in which Mr.Brown has cultivated an image of a man of integrity, wisdom and lack of self-interest. Telegraph, Gordon Brown's psychological flaws will come back to haunt him, by Simon Heffer, 03 Jan 2009   trickle [ TRIK-uh'l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to flow very slowly 2.(intr. v.) to pass very slowly 3. (tr. v.) to cause to flow slowly 4. (n.) the condition of flowing slowly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Water trickled out of the faucet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Men vastly outnumbered women, though a trickle of female voters dressed in bright blue burkas and headscarves lined up throughout the day. CNN, Afghan count begins in tents, Ivan Watson, 20 August 2009   lurid [ LOO' R-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. marked by sensationalism 2. glowing or shining in colour 3. having an unnatural glare 4. livid or pallid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lurid details of his personal life mentioned in his autobiography made it a bestseller.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Earlier this month a private investigator hired by the adviser filed an affidavit making further lurid claims about Mr Najib and the Mongolian, only to retract it a day later, claiming he had made it under duress. The Economist, The trials of Anwar, Jul 17th 2008, BANGKOK   circumscribe [ SUR-kuh' m-skrahyb, sur-kuh' m-SKRAHYB ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to confine, constrict or limit carefully 2. to encompass or encircle 3. to define, mark or set the limits of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The planting of mango trees was circumscribed to the area surrounding the village.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You can be circumscribed by your success. Telegraph, Juliet Stevenson: 'I would love a completely different life?', 21 Feb 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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