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	17-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists blight [ blahyt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to have an injurious effect or to ruin 2. (intr. v.) to suffer from a withering disease 3. (n.) a plant disease that results in wilting and dying of the affected parts of the plant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctor warned him to cut down on his cigarette smoking as it would blight his health.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Street Pride aims to help community volunteers take an active role to prevent local roads, squares and precincts being blighted by intrusive fixtures and other debris. The Telegraph, Prince of Wales backs civic campaign to tidy Britain's streets, Alastair Jamieson, 26 October 2009.   cavil [ KAV-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to quibble about or raise inconsequential or frivolous doubts or objections 2. (tr. v.) to make petty objections or point out sham or minor discrepancies 3. (intr. v.) to raise trivial objections or unnecessarily find fault with 4. (n.) a frivolous and irritating objection 3. (n.) the act of making a frivolous objection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The little boy grumbled that he could never please his parents as they cavilled about everything he did.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Purists who shudder at the historical doubtfulness of the Uzbek-Timur connection may also cavil at the Tajiks' claims. BBC, Tajiks row with Uzbeks over ancient empire, 7 November 1997.   frump [ fruhmp ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an unattractive, drab woman or girl 2. an old-fashioned, staid person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   German Chancellor Angela Merkel may come across as a bit of a frump with her dowdy attire and hair style but she is one of the most respected heads of state Germany has ever produced.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The band, whose website defines a frump as "an unappreciated woman", describes itself an "all-mum garage band" and "group of women who need to make some noise". The Telegraph, 'Mom rock' will teach the punks a thing or two, By Catherine Elsworth, 18 Jul 2005   emollient [ i-MOL-yuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a softening, soothing or relaxing effect esp. on one's skin 2. (adj.) mollifying or reducing another's harshness 3. (n.) a lotion, or other agent that makes skin smooth 4. (n.) an agent that helps by mollifying or assuaging   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Aloe vera has an emollient effect and is frequently used in beauty creams.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Topically, hydrogenated vegetable oil is an amazing skin-softener, emollient, and barrier ingredient. CNN, Nine weird ingredients in makeup, By Adrienne Crezo, July 18, 2008   aloof [ uh'-LOOF ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) reticent, reserved, remote or distant 2. (adv.) apart or at a distance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her aloof attitude did not make conversation easy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many people think of scientists as an aloof bunch, but get them talking about their subject and you can see their eyes light up. Telegraph, Let's inspire the next generation of scientists, By Maggie Aderin-Pocock, 13 Mar 2009   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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