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	27-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists canny [ KAN-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. prudent, shrewd or cautious 2. thrifty, careful or steady 3. snug, quiet or cosy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His canny mind found a way out of the trap.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I suspect that Indian businessmen are canny enough to make the transition with minimal damage. The Times of India, Getting around job quotas, by SWAMINOMICS/SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR, 24 Oct 2004   wince [ wins ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to cringe, flinch or draw back 2. (n.) a start, flinch or recoil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He winced but accepted his punishment without a protest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mo Williams' left eye was swollen, bandaged with four stitches around it and bruises that caused him to wince with every blow. abcNEWS, Cavs' Mo Williams Disappearing Against the Magic, by ANTONIO GONZALEZ, May 25, 2009   synopsis [ si-NOP-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a condensed statement on a topic 2. a summary or a brief version   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the students were told to write a synopsis of the lecture and submit it the following day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An eight-page synopsis of the allegations against the 17 men and boys was given to defense lawyers Tuesday. CNN, Lawyer: Government says terror plans included beheading, 7 June 2006,   dally [ DAL-ee ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to delay, dawdle or waste time 2. (intr. v.) to trifle, toy with or act in a flirtatious way 3. (tr. v.) to while away or waste   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parents told their son that he would miss the school bus if he dallied.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We didn't dally as we had an appointment with the farrier and the donkey's hooves couldn't wait. BBC, Happily Ever After, Jane, 25 November 2009.   rousing [ ROU-zing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. exciting, inspiring or stimulating 2. active or lively 3. extraordinary or astonishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minstrel always succeeded in producing rousing feelings of ardour whenever he sang his ballads.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reality Hunger is a manifesto aimed at rousing writers of today to gain inspiration from the real world. The Telegraph, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto by David Shields: review, Philip Womack, 23 February 2010.   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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