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	20-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists agape [ uh'-GEYP, uh'-GAP ]   [ noun, adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) love or love feast 2. (adj.) wide open 3. (adv.) in a surprised or open mouthed manner 4.(adj.) open mouthed, surprised   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His assumptions left her agape with wrath.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Every child born is of God and worthy of dignity, respect and agape. Telegraph, Letters: The sacrifices of soldiers deserve greater recognition, 21 Dec 2008   cleft [ kleft ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) crevice, fissure, crack or split 2. (n.) an indentation or hollow between two parts esp. in case of a chin 3. (adj.) divided or split 4. (v.) a past tense and past participle of cleave   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cleft on his chin was termed as attractive.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   May be it's the twinkling eyes or the abysmal cleft on his chin, but there's something 'starry' about Rahul Bhatt. The Times of India, No ifs for this Bhatt, Geetanjali Patole, 19 March 2002.   curry [ KUR-ee, KUHR-ee ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a very spicy dish made with vegetables, onion and meat or fish that is very often consumed with rice 2. (tr.v.) to flavour with curry powder or with a combination of spices 3. (tr.v.) to use a currycomb and groom a horse 4. (tr.v.) to beat, thrash or hit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The curry was made using mixture of different kinds of lentils.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The owners of a Manchester curry house where cockroaches and mouse droppings were found in the kitchen have been fined more than £31,000. BBC, Fine over hygiene of curry house, 14 August 2008   defray [ di-FREY ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to pay, take care of or bear all the expenses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He defrayed the hospital costs in spite of having limited funds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Today, several middle-class Punekars staying in joint families are taking the opportunity to purchase a house for the future and leasing them out to partially defray the home loan equated monthly instalments (EMIs). The Times of India, Reap rich returns, 29 Jan 2005   aeon [ EE-uh'n, EE-on ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an indefinitely or immeasurably long period of time; an age 2. the longest division of geological time, containing to or more eras   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mythological stories often span aeons during which the plot thickens and evolves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was the astronaut in the original Planet of the Apes (1968) who discovers that the gorilla-dominated world in which he has landed is actually Earth aeons after a nuclear holocaust. Telegraph, Charlton Heston, 07 Apr 2008   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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