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	25-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists perpetuate [ per-PECH-oo-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to save from extinction or prolong the existence of 2. to cause to continue indefinitely 3. cause to be remembered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was because the rich nobles knew they were above the law that they could perpetuate injustice in the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the idea that our spouses should be our best friends is one of those romantic notions that has been perpetuated by our mothers and grandmothers and every movie in the Meg Ryan canon. CNN, MWF seeking new BFF, Rachel Bertsche, 25 February 2010.   armada [ ahr-MAH-duh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a fleet of warships 2. a fleet of vehicles   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An armada of trucks laden with cargo was on its way to the port.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Franco-Spanish armada lost 22 ships, either sunk or captured. The Telegraph, Last Union Jack flown at Trafalgar 'must remain in Britain', James Kirkup, 21 October 2009.   poseur [ poh-ZUR ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who tries to impress others by putting on a false showy manner or elegance 2. one who attempts to influence others with an affected pose or stance that is not one's normal behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager of the club recognized him as a poseur and had the bouncers escort him off the premises.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This city's drug underworld is littered with "poseurs" -- lowlife trigger men pretending they're the real hard cases. CNN, Colombian hitmen reveal horror of the kill, Karl Penhaul, 14 October 2009.   hoary [ HAWR-ee, HOHR-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely old, and often impressive and admired 2. greyish white or white due to age 3. white or whitish in colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   I found an old dog with a hoary muzzle sleeping in my front verandah.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He used the hoary metaphor of thousands of planes landing safely at the airport every day, but we only hear about the ones with bumpy landings. ABC News, Beverley Lumpkin: Halls of Justice, By Beverley Lumpkin, June 22   fractious [ FRAK-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unruly, troublesome or rebellious 2. irritable, quarrelsome or peevish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fractious child had no friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even in the fractious world of Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China relations, to fix a beauty pageant for patriotic reasons might be a first. Telegraph, Hong Kong TV station admits Miss Asia 2008 result altered, By Richard Spencer, 17 Dec 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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