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	23-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists serendipity [ ser-uh' n-DIP-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instance or phenomenon where good luck or fortune is found accidentally 2. an aptitude or gift of accidentally finding good luck or fortune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He could not believe that serendipity was a reason behind his success.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And the results, which are published in the August issue of the journal GSA Today, were ""a bit of serendipity,"" Stanley said. National Geographic, Ancient ""Lost"" City's Remains Found Under Alexandria's Waters, Dan Morrison in Alexandria, Egypt for National Geographic News, July 31, 2007   incriminate [ in-KRIM-uh'-neyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to accuse of, charge with or provide proof for the commitment of a crime 2. to implicate or cause to look guilty of a crime   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incriminated on charges of treason.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was sent to Dunkirk in the hope he might incriminate himself and others but that plan failed and he was later jailed. BBC, British sent fascist to frontline, 3 March 2009   valedictory [ val-i-DIK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) saying good-bye or bidding farewell 2. (adj.) pertaining to a departure or farewell 3. (n.) a farewell speech 3. (n.) a speech given at the graduation exercises of a college or school   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone clapped after the valedictory speech given by the general secretary of the student body.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Headed for the minority and the back benches come January, House Speaker Dennis Hastert offered his valedictory to colleagues Friday night, saying he was "proud to be part of this unique time in the history of our country." CNN, Hastert offers farewell as he prepares to head for back benches, 8 December 2006.   seine [ seyn ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water with floats at the upper edge and weights at the lower edge 2. (tr. v.) to catch fish with a net which is hung vertically in the water 3. (intr. v.) to fish with a vertical net   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Our team used a seine and caught ninety-seven fishes in just one hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most notorious are the purse seine nets, up to three miles long, used to encircle and 'bag up' huge numbers of fish. The Telegraph, Tuna fishing: The fairest catch, Rose Prince. 11 March 2010.   giddy [ GID-ee ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) dizzy or causing dizziness 2. (adj.) frivolous 3. (v.) to become or make dizzy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felt giddy after the ride on the merry-go-round.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey. CNN, Are Republicans too giddy? Julian E. Zelizer, 10 November 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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