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	31-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists glower [ GLOU-er ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to scowl or stare with anger 2. (n.) an annoyed or resentful look   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The comedian's spoof on the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi made the people in the audience glower.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When I go for my morning walk, I glower at any vehicle in my stride; an hour later on the same stretch, the equation is totally reversed. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Run over by life? Get streetsmart, 16 Dec 2007, Bachi Karkaria   affinity [ uh'-FIN-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a natural attraction to a person, thing, idea etc 2. an inherent likeness or agreement between persons and things 3. relationship by marriage or by other ties   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had an affinity towards people who shared his love for antique hunting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Obama demonstrates an easy affinity with pop culture that suggests music is actually important to him. Telegraph, Barack Obama had all the best tunes, 06 Nov 2008   equipoise [ EE-kwuh'-poiz, EK-wuh'-  ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an equilibrium or even balance 2. (n.) a counterpoise 3. (tr.v.) to balance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Once the will was read, it became clear that the property was not divided with equipoise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US system of competitive equipoise, as they call it, is far from perfect. Telegraph, Sport is about big spirits, not big spenders, Ed Smith, 7 February 2009   alimentary [ al-uh'-MEN-tuh'-ree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. nutritive 2. pertaining to food or nutrition 3. providing nourishment, sustenance or maintenance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The natives were radiantly healthy due to the alimentary food that was available on the island.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It even mimics the stomach contractions which are used to break up food, and send it on its way along the alimentary canal. BBC, Scientists create artificial gut, 10 November 2006.   unprecedented [ uhn-PRES-i-den-tid  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unparalleled or without having been previously experienced 2. unique or not having any previous example 3. exceptional   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unprecedented rise in the share price of certain companies, just before the announcement of a rights issue to raise capital, is being investigated by SEBI.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Brown is hoping to lead Labour to an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in office. CNN, UK parliament dissolves ahead of vote, 12 April 2010.   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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