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	28-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists acclivity [ uh'-KLIV-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a slope that goes upwards 2. an ascent 3. an incline that starts at the lower end and terminates at the higher end   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As we ascended the acclivity, we were passed by a farmer on his way down.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Day care centres incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria which cause infections of the respiratory system, say researchers. From Ireland, CIVIL PARISHES,   nosegay [ NOHZ-gey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a small bunch of flowers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He presented his fiance with a colourful nosegay.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Three different bouquet styles Peggy will have to choose from are hand-tied, nosegay and trailing. ABC News, Wedding Flowers for GMA Couple, June 12   deadpan [ DED-pan ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) blank or expressionless 2. (n.) a face displaying no expression or emotion 3. (tr.v.) to express oneself without any expression or impassively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His deadpan expression was in contrast with his eyes which seemed to be display anger.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The films he's written and directed, however, show the most inventive side of Albert Brooks -- his distinctive, neurotically deadpan sense of humor. CNN, The funniest man in most of the world, By Todd Leopold, January 19, 2006   desolate [ adj. DES-uh'-lit; v. DES-uh'-leyt ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) uninhabited or deserted 2. (adj.) devastated, dilapidated or barren 3. ()adj. dismal, gloomy or wretched 4. (tr.v.) to abandon, depopulate or rid of residents 5. (tr.v.) to devastate or make uninhabitable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The desolate looks on the faces of the servants was a sign of their loyalty to their employer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We took the bus partway to the colony, and had to take a rickshaw to approach the desolate area. CNN, Student vows to bring desks to India school, By Kimberly Lewkowitz, August 22, 2008   embezzle [ em-BEZ-uh' l ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to fraudulently take away for one's own use by violating another's trust   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He embezzled money from many banks over a period of ten years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A businessman who embezzled a million pounds to fund a champagne lifestyle was jailed yesterday for five years and three months. Telegraph, Jail for man who cheated his boss out of £1m, By Auslan Cramb, 21 March 2007, accessed 9July 2009   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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