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	02-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rustic [ RUHS-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) rural or pertaining to the countryside 2. (adj.)simple, unsophisticated or lacking elegance 3. (adj.) made by using rough wood 4. (n.) persons who belong to rural locales 5. (n.) unsophisticated or simple persons   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rustic countryside was attractive.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Stepping into the Grassroots Cafe's minimalist interior, you find beige brick walls, rustic wooden tables, a flagstone floor, and not much else. The Herald, City cafe is taking innovative food back to its roots, GAVIN PORTER   matriarch [ MEY-tree-ahrk ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a female or woman heading or leading a group, family or tribe 2. a mother or woman who is highly respected   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The matriarch of the household, often the wife of the senior most male member, wields supreme power in tackling domestic issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Long before Big Brother, there was reality TV in the form of The Family, which featured Margaret Wilkins, matriarch of a Reading household, the subject of a 1974 BBC series. BBC, A good life now over, By Nick Serpell, 1 September 2008   infuse [ in-FYOOZ  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to pour into 2. to absorb flavour by soaking in a liquid 3. to permeate 4. to impress upon by repetition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sudden victory after three successful losses infused them with new vigour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Swedes like their crayfish cooked in salty water infused with dill. CNN, Discover the real Malmo, 7 January 2009.   pedagogy [ PED-uh'-goh-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the function or work of a teacher 2. the art or science of teaching 3. training or instruction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was advised not to take up pedagogy as a profession because there were many teachers who were unemployed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the whole, animals learn by imitation, not pedagogy. CNN, Instinct isn't everything, some study required, 10 October 2007.   occlude [ uh'-KLOOD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to close shut or to obstruct 2. (tr. v.) to block or to prevent the passage of 3. (tr. v.) to bring the set of upper teeth and the set of lower teeth together in proper alignment 4. (intr. v.) to close the teeth so that the cusps fit together or to clench the teeth of the upper and lower jaws   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The door leading to the cameraman's darkroom completely occluded daylight.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The author makes the far Right, the ruthlessness of market forces and the war in Iraq occlude his story, even showing how some of the troubles that beset the characters had been brewing two generations ago. The Telegraph, What the rotters did next, Tom Payne, 29 August 2004.   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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