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	17-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ewe [ yoo ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mature female sheep 2. the people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa 3. the language of the EWE people   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Ewes generally give birth to two lambs every season.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The National Assembly faces renewed calls from farmers' leaders to create a Wales-only ewe culling scheme. BBC, UK: Wales Gwyther rules out Wales-only ewe cull, 22 September 1999.   penury [ PEN-yuh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   extreme poverty or want   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His tendency to gamble reduced him to penury.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The collapse of Russia's state institutions and social infrastructure under Yeltsin, accompanied by a hyperinflation that reduced the middle class and pensioners to penury, was a trauma of incomparably greater magnitude than the Great Depression. Chronicles Magazine, Russia and the West: The Tragedy of 1204 Redux, By Srdja Trifkovic   crestfallen [ KREST-faw-luh' n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. depressed, dejected or chagrined 2. having a drooping or slumped head or crest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her crestfallen appearance indicated that they had lost the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Why are we getting so crestfallen about our lack of medals. Sir Croupier says BBC, Olympics day six as it happened, by Caroline Cheese, 14 August 2008   evasive [ i-VEY-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. elusive, shifty or hard to grasp 2. equivocal, tending to evade or not straightforward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His evasive answers caused the police to suspect him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Advani had written to PM Manmohan Singh to which he claimed he had received an "evasive reply" from the finance ministry. The Times of India, CIC asks Advani why his office did not reply to RTI query, 26 May 2009   rapprochement [ rap-rohsh-MAHN*; Fr. r*a*-pr*awsh-mahn* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the reestablishment of friendly relations; the state of having harmonious relations   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rapprochement reached between the US and Russia after the collapse of the ex-Soviet union was a welcome step since it averted the danger of a nuclear catastrophe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are closer than ever to understandings that are liable to be the basis for agreements on two tracks of rapprochement – the Palestinian and the Syrian, Olmert said ABC News, Olmert plows ahead on peace talks, Joshua Mitnick   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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