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	08-May-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists grapple [ GRAP-uh' l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to hold or seize firmly 2. (intr.v.) to struggle or try to overcome 3. (tr.v.) to seize, grip or hold tightly and firmly 4. (n.) a grapnel, hook or other similar instrument used to fasten an object to another 5. (n.) a hand-to-hand fight or struggle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He grappled, lost his footing and was hanging onto the ledge only with his finger tips.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Zimbabwe's new leaders are grappling with a massive humanitarian and economic crisis. CNN, Zimbabwe court orders jailed politician freed, February 18, 2009   intransigent [ in-TRAN-si-juh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unbending 2. (adj.) steadfast in one's opinion 3. (n.) a person who is adamant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His intransigent ways made him very difficult to work with.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Relations continued to deteriorate and the American resistance became more intransigent. BBC, Was the American Revolution Inevitable? Francis D Cogliano, 5 September 2009   girth [ gurth ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the circumference or the measure around a body 2. (n.) the band that passes around the midriff of a horse to hold the saddle in place or anything that encircles 3. (n.) bulk or size 4. (tr. v.) to fasten with a strap or to girdle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The girth of the wrestler's chest was so huge that the largest jacket in the department store was too small to fit him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Renowned for its luxury leather goods, Gucci has long been inspired by the sporting glamour of the equestrian world, with design symbols like the horse-bit and web striped girth strap. The Telegraph, Charlotte Casiraghi debuts in her new Gucci equestrian look, Phong Luu, 17 May 2010.   ribald [ RIB-uh' ld; spelling pron. RAHY-buh' ld ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) lewd, indecent or vulgar 2. (n.) a person who is vulgar, lewd or ribald   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He purchased a book comprising mainly of ribald jokes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There ensued ribald laughter from Conservatives on the backbenches around him. Telegraph, Yesterday in Parliament, By Michael Kallenbach, 15 May 2003   gory [ GAWR-ee, GOHR-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bloody or bloodstained 2. sensational, unpleasant or bloodcurdling 3. involving or marked by bloodshed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gory scenes in the movie were revolting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is some sort of gory fascination with yoga competitions. BBC, Yoga wars, By Andy Dangerfield, 23 January 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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