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	01-May-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists integument [ in-TEG-yuh'-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a covering or outer enveloping layer like skin, rind or shell 2. an enclosure or coating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is protected by a leather-like integument which is artificially made.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We already knew that some dinosaurs had this kind of feathered integument, Clark said, "but this [latest fossil] is giving us a much better picture of what it was like." National Geographic, "Feathered" Fossil Bolsters Changing Image of Dinosaurs, D.L. Parsell, April 25, 2001   woo [ woo ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to seek love or affection esp. with the intention of marriage 2. (tr.v.) to solicit, urge or entreat 3. (tr.v.) to seek or try to get 4. (intr.v.) to court a woman   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The poor peasant boy wooed the rich merchant's daughter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Libyan celebrations of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power saw the strongman lash out at Western governments he has wooed for six years. The Telegraph, Muammar Gaddafi hits out on 40th anniversary of Libyan coup, Damien McElroy, 1 September 2009, accessed 7 September 2009.   induct [ in-DUHKT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to install formally or ceremoniously in office 2. to bring in as a new member 3. to draft or force into military service 4. to initiate or introduce to a new procedure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He held a large chunk of the company's stock so they inducted him on the board as an honorary director.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Albano, who was with the WWE from 1983 to 1996, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1996. CNN, Wrestler, personality Captain Lou Albano dies at 76, 14 October 2009.   haggle [ HAG-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to come to terms by petty bargaining 2. (tr. v.) to hack or cut in crude fashion 3. (intr. v.) to wrangle 5.(intr. v.) to bargain in a petty way 6. (n.) the act or instance of bargaining, wrangling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She would always haggle with the vegetable vendors over the price of the vegetables before buying anything.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By doing your research using a shopbot such as Kelkoo.co.uk, which shows you the cheapest prices on many items, you can haggle on the high street. The Telegraph, How to haggle on the high street, Rosie Murray-West, 14 April 2009.   supercilious [ soo-per-SIL-ee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   haughty, arrogant or disdainfully contemptuous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her supercilious attitude lost her many friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I shudder to watch interviewers who think it clever to be snide, supercilious, or downright offensive. BBC, Tributes to Sir Robin Day, 8 August, 2000   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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