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	24-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists revile [ ri-VAHYL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to scold or rebuke using offensive language 2. (intr.v.) to insult by means of abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The main accusation against the soldiers was that they reviled the prisoners of war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The contrast with neighbouring Nepal, where this year a much-reviled monarch was given his marching orders, could not be starker. The Economist, Crowning glory, Nov 13th 2008   gnome [ nohm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (folklore) a troll or dwarf like creature that inhabits the earth's interior 2. an international banker or financial expert 3. maxim, aphorism or a wise, pithy saying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There were a lot of gnomes residing in the Weasley garden in the Harry Potter series.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That's preferable to the way someone like William Hague was constantly portrayed - as an ever shrinking gnome. Telegraph, Gordon Brown takes offence at 'fat' cartoons, By Patrick Sawer, 25 Jan 2009   indigenous [ in-DIJ-uh'-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to a particular province 2. existing in a locality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government devised various schemes to give impetus to indigenous industries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Taliban, though largely indigenous to Afghanistan, was nurtured by Pakistan's military and intelligence services. CNN, Afghanistan's untold story: Stability, tourists, miniskirts, John Blake, 20 August 2009, accessed 28 August 2009.   clipper [ KLIP-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. anything that clips or a person that shears 2. a cutting tool for hair, nails etc. 3. a sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, built for great speed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He bought a pair of hedge clippers to trim the overgrown bushes in his garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He says he's also a barber, having acquired clippers he uses to cut people's hair at a price he says is lower than area barber shops. CNN, In winter, some homeless choose between independence, warmth, Jason Hanna, 8 January 2010.   condole [ kuh'n-DOHL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to express sorrow 2. (intr. v.) to express sympathy 3. (tr. v.) to grieve   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He attended the funeral and condoled with the grieving family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I live a banished man within the bounds of my native soil; a spectator of others enriched by my birthright; an object of condoling to my relations and friends, and a condoler of their miseries.' BBC, Restoration Ireland, 9 June 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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