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	27-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists solace [ SOL-is ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to comfort someone or cheer someone up 2. (tr.v.) to allay or relieve someone of their misery or grief 3. (n.) comfort, alleviation or consolation 4. (n.) a source of alleviation, comfort or consolation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She solaced the grieving widow by offering words of comfort.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But its buoyancy is a solace to Asian countries, several of which enjoy trade surpluses with China, and to the European Union, for which China is the fastest-growing market—albeit, as the Europeans like to point out when they complain about Chinese trade barriers, still no bigger than Switzerland. Economist, China moves to centre stage, Oct 30th 2008   lave [ leyv ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to wash, bathe or cleanse 2. (tr.v.) to lap or flow past 3. (intr.v.) to wash, clean or bathe 4. (n.) residue or left over   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was laved with sweet smelling soaps to get rid of the stench.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pressure on Syria to lave Lebanon has intensified since the 14 February car bomb death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. BBC, UN chief warns Syria over Lebanon, 25 February, 2005   levity [ LEV-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being frivolous 2. a light-hearted manner 3. the state of being buoyant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His levity was very well received in the humdrum office atmosphere.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Comedians and actors such as Steve Carell and Jamie Foxx brought some comic levity to the inauguration of a president who will face some serious problems in just a few days. CNN, Obama at concert: The dream of our founders will live on, 18 January 2009   evanescent [ ev-uh'-NES-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. fleeting or tending to fade away 2. vanishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For one moment, she thought the evanescent shadow created by the moonlight was a ghost.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A growing number of college professors are using film, audio clips and PowerPoint presentations to play to their students' strengths and capture their evanescent attention. CNN, Are kids too plugged in? 20 March 2008.   clandestine [ klan-DES-tin ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. done secretly or under cover 2. surreptitious 3. characterized by secrecy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She told the detective that she suspected her husband of having a clandestine extramarital affair.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I have an interest in clandestine operations in WWII because my uncle, whilst and Englishman, was assigned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in WWII. BBC, British Suitcase Radio used by SOE Agent.   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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