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	16-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inundate [ IN-uh' n-deyt, -uhn-, in-UHN-deyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. deluge or to flood 2. to overwhelm or engulf especially with work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The meteorological department has warned that heavy rains may inundate Mumbai this week.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Officials said areas in which hurricane Rita inundated 10,000 homes in 2005 were vulnerable again. abcNEWS, Hundreds of Homes Flood as Ike Passes Louisiana, by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer, LAKE CHARLES, La., September 12, 2008   bicameral [ bahy-KAM-er-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having or composed of two legislative branches or houses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The newly democratic country decided to have a bicameral legislature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The moderate republicans struck back and, in 1794-5, established a new executive (the Directoire) under a new constitution and a bicameral legislature. Telegraph, Children of the Revolution: the French 1799-1914, by Donald Sassoon, 08 Aug 2008   kayak [ KAHY-ak ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an eskimo boat or canoe that consists of a light, wooden frame that is covered with watertight skins, with the exception of a single or double opening in the centre, and propelled by a double-bladed paddle 2. (n.) a canoe or small boat that has a similar design 3. (intr.v.) to race in or travel using a kayak 4. (tr.v.) to travel using a kayak   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Cutting through the rapids in a kayak is an exhilarating but dangerous sport.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The RAF crew performed a dramatic and high-risk operation to rescue a woman from the foot of a gorge after her kayak capsized in white water rapids. The Herald, RAF crew in daring rescue of kayaker stuck in gorge, Stewart Paterson, 10 April 2007   deplore [ di-PLAWR ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to regret deeply or to feel or express deep grief for 2. (tr. v.) to express strong disapproval of 3. (tr. v.) to express sorrow for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Prime Minister deplored terrorism as a dastardly act of cowardice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy, said they "fully respect" the sovereignty of Iran, but "deplore post-electoral violence, which led to the loss of lives of Iranian civilians". BBC, G8 'deplores' Iran poll violence, 26 June 2009,   exemplify [ ig-ZEM-pluh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to illustrate or show by example 2. to provide as an example or typify 3. to make a certified copy of a document   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Instead of giving the students an elaborate explanation he exemplified the rules with practical incidents which were easy to understand.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Attention is given to updated and revised laws within Deuteronomy which exemplify the activity of adaptive interpretation of earlier tradition. BBC, An Introduction to the Old Testament: Lecture 11, William Crawley, 9 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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