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	31-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vie [ vahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to compete or struggle for supremacy 2. (intr.v.) to strive for victory or compete   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She vied for the position for six years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Several Germans will vie to set a record for the Most Juice Extracted from Grapes by Treading. CNN, Thousands pursue wacky world records, November 13, 2008   vituperative [ vahy-TOO-per-uh'-tiv, -puh-rey-tiv, -TYOO-, vi- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   abusive or containing abusive censure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vituperative address to the media was renounced by the government.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   China changed its mind after vituperative outbursts online by nationalists. Economist, Why Grandpa Wen has to care, Jun 12th 2008   sublime [ suh'-BLAHYM ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) absolute or sheer 2. (adj.) high or grand in thought 3. (adj.) stir the mind with a sense of grandeur 4. (n.) the quality of the greatest 5. to convert a solid into vapour by heating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The young executive impressed everyone at the meeting with his sublime acumen and knowledge of the intricacies of the management process.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lovely chap and fine reading as well humorous with a sublime scepticism along the route. BBC, Darwin comes to town, Charles Darwin, 23 February 2009   logomachy [ loh-GOM-uh'-kee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an argument about or concerning words 2. a meaningless battle of words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The logomachy between the two political heavyweights thinned the already sparse crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Throughout the various pamphlets of the celebrated logomachy, he seems never to lose for a moment his feeling of complete and easy mastery over his opponent, writing always with good-humoured assurance of victory, and with the unsparing derision of one who fears no retort. Theatre Database, Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley, By William Minto   discordant [ dis-KAWR-dnt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disagreeing, contradicting or quarrelsome 2. harsh, dashing or cacophonous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The discordant attitude caused set backs in the peace process.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The exchange was one of the few discordant notes in a carefully controlled encounter. abcNews, China's President: Politics and Olympics Don't Mix, By CHARLES HUTZLER Associated Press Writer, August 1, 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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