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	24-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ruminate [ ROO-muh'-neyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to chew up repetitively like a cow does 2. (tr. v.) to ponder over a thought repetitively 3. (intr.v.) to chew cud repetitively like a cow 4. (intr.v.) to think over a matter repetitively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She often ruminated about her daily workload over a cup of tea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He never wrote another novel (one attempt, "Answered Prayers," was left unfinished) or enjoyed the same level of success -- and perhaps ruminated over all that until he died in 1984 from alcoholism and drug addiction. CNN, 'It wasn't easy being him', By Paul Clinton, October 12, 2005   knead [ need ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to mix thoroughly and make uniform 2. to give shape or mould by using one's hands 3. to massage, press, squeeze or manipulate with hand movements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The masseuse kneaded the dorsal muscles to relax them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He had heard the talk before but this time the words spoke directly to a dilemma Mr Moore was kneading in his mind. Telegraph, HBOS: How it ran out of road, By Louise Armitstead, 14 Feb 2009   inured [ in-YOO'R-id, i-NOO'R-d ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to get used to an unpleasant situation 2. (adj.) capable of bearing an undesirable situation because of being habituated to it   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After being yelled at in front of all his colleagues several times, the poor peon soon became inured to the predicament.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To ignore the law would no longer constitute an abuse of the jury's power, as long as that disregard inured to the benefit of the defendant. CNN, South Dakota proposed jury nullification amendment should be rejected, Sherry F. Colb, 10 October 2002.   slough [ slou or sluhf ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to get shed or cast off 2. (tr.v.) to dispose off, get rid of or shed 3. (n.) swamplike region 4. (n.) a condition or state of degradation or helplessness 5. (n.) the outer layer of a snake's skin, which it periodically casts off   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The electoral candidate sloughed off her former campaign workers as she felt they were the cause of her loss during the previous elections.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The supreme leader declared last week's presidential election a "definitive victory" for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and sloughed off charges of vote tampering. CNN, Iran's supreme leader warns protesters, 19 June 2009.   interregnum [ in-ter-REG-nuh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of a legitimate successor 2. any period during which a state has a temporary executive in place of a ruler 3. any period of freedom or interruption in continuity from the usual authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the king's death, there was an interregnum of a month before the prince was officially crowned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bad news may be that, after the brief Dubya interregnum, a second Clinton regime lies just down the road. CNN, Hillary's first step to a second Clinton White House, 23 October 2000.   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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