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	25-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reckon [ REK-uh'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to consider 2. (tr. v.) count or calculate 3. (intr. v.) to make a calculation 4. (tr. v.) to confidently rely upon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They reckoned they could get away with stealing the fruit because the vendor was taking a nap.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He reckons he'll not only miss them but the whole thing - from the early mornings to the Friday night showdowns! Madness... BBC, Daily Fame Academy update, 12 December 2002.   deposition [ dep-uh'-ZISH-uh' n, dee-puh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the removal of a person from an office of authority 2. the act or an instance of depositing something 3. testimony or declaration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His deposition was a result of political manoeuvring.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said he plans to ask the court Friday to let him take depositions from hospital personnel. CNN, Second twin dies as hospital probes heparin overdoses, July 10, 2008   figurehead [ FIG-yer-hed  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who is only a nominal or titular head 2. a figure that has been carved on the bow of a ship that is sailing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was elected to power but only as a figurehead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The celebrations are a reflection of how widely popular members of the royal family remain in the country as national figureheads. CNN, Background: The Dutch royal family, 2 May 2009   rue [ roo ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to feel regret 2. (tr. v.) to wish that something had never happened 3. (intr. v.) to feel sorrow 4. (n.) sorrow 5. (n.) a strongly scented plant of the genus Ruta   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gangsters threatened to beat him up so severely that he would rue the day he was born.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It could have been better, it should have been better and we are rueing those missed chances. BBC, Jeffrey rues missed opportunities, 28 October 2009.   enigma [ uh'-NIG-muh'  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mystery or riddle 2. an inexplicable or obscure person or matter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crime created shock-waves as it remained unsolved and was labelled an enigma.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But scientists are hopeful that detailed analysis of the data, which is currently underway, should help them solve some of the moon's enigmas. BBC, Titan moon holds on to enigma, 5 November 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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