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	09-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists solstice [ SOL-stis, SOHL- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a furthermost point of the sun from the celestial equator 2. a point of culmination or a turning point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The summer solstice is a time of merry-making.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The trouble with the holiday on July 4th is that it comes barely a fortnight after the summer solstice. The Economist, Fireworks, Jul 6th 2007   mulct [ muhlkt ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) penalty or fine 2. (tr.v.) to punish or penalize by means of a fine 3. (tr.v.) to swindle or extract or obtain money by trickery or fraudulent means   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A mulct was levied on travellers carrying alcohol.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It would certainly be ungenerous to mulct the Queen for the cost. Telegraph, Victoria was not amused over paying Jubilee bill, By Michael Smith, 26 Jul 2001   veneration [ ven-uh'-REY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) respect or a feeling of awe 2. (n.) an act or expression of this feeling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sage's devotees lowered their heads in veneration upon his arrival.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The city's flamboyance is reflected in its people's showy, stylish dress, its bloody history as a center for the Spanish Inquisition paralleled by its veneration of the bullfight, its vibrancy reflected in its arts and culture. CNN, Seville: City overview, 19 February 2007   bantering [ BAN-ter-ring ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. exchanging mildly teasing remarks 2. speaking in a teasing manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was bantering with the pretty girls while the others were doing some serious studying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But before long, she's bantering with the crowd - as much at ease headbanging and squealing as she is making cracks about the audience's choice of knitwear. BBC, Across the line, Orla Graham.   encumber [ en-KUHM-ber ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to burden with or to put a heavy load on 2. to obstruct of hinder the performance of 3. to weigh down with financial or legal obligations   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the company had been restructured, it was no longer encumbered with debt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The very high prices paid for new mobile licenses will encumber the balance sheets, force up the cost of capital and bear down on share prices. BBC, Telecoms firms caught in costs spiral, 18 August 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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