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	21-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hiatus [ hahy-EY-tuh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a break, gap or interruption 2. an aperture or passage in an organ 3. a temporary halt in pronunciation when two successive vowels are present in adjacent words or syllables   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The current hiatus in military activities between the army and the Naga rebels is the longest since the eruption of hostilities in 1949.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That eight-year interval may be the longest reproductive hiatus of any mammal. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Cheryl Knott, Biological Anthropologist   amoral [ ey-MAWR-uh' l, a-MAWR-, ey-MOR-, a-MOR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. one who is neither moral nor immoral 2. unaware of, or not caring about right or wrong   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His amoral nature made him a good mercenary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bishop Nazir-Ali blamed the turmoil in the world's financial markets on amoral forces and warned that one of the "great disparities" of our age was the gap between rich and poor. Telegraph, Archbishop of Canterbury attacks Western 'greed' in Easter sermon, By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent, 24 Mar 2008   fidelity [ fi-DEL-i-tee, fahy-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. faithfulness or devotion to one's duty 2. exactness or accuracy 3. loyalty 4. accuracy with which an input signal is reproduced by an electronic system   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His fidelity to his wife was questioned during the started divorce proceedings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Under the papacy of John Paul II, the Vatican has upheld a view of sexual morality based on fidelity and family values, and abstinence outside marriage. BBC, The Vatican's condom challenge, Peter Gould, 25 November 2003   propellant(propellent) [ pruh'-PEL-uh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(n.) the fuel used to provide thrust to a rocket 2. (n.) the explosive charge used to thrust the bullet forward 3. (adj.) serving to provide thrust or motion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A special fuel was used as a propellant for the spaceship.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The report says the ammunition has a tendency to crack at low temperatures, causing corrosive and highly-explosive nitroglycerine propellant to seep out. BBC, 'Flawed shells' threaten tank crews, 16 July 2000.   graphite [ GRAF-ahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. black lead or plumbago 2. a soft native carbon, occurring in dark-gray to black foliated masses, with metallic lustre and greasy feel 3. a soft, hexagonally crystallized allotrope of carbon with a metallic lustre and a grey-black shade also called   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The core of a lead pencil is actually made of graphite and does not contain any lead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In February, the MCC said certain bats made by Kookaburra were illegal because of a stiffening graphite strip. BBC, MCC seeks action on graphite bats, 21 March 2006.   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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