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	21-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dorsal [ DAWR-suh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   relating to the back or upper surface of an organ, part or animal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Dolphins have a prominent dorsal fin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fishermen cap off the dorsal fins when the shark surfaces, saving them from having to dock the giants or using hold space to store them. CNN, UN body protects monster-sized sharks, By Michelle Pinch, November 26, 2002   acronym [ AK-ruh'-nim  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of a name in a set phrase or series of words 2. an acrostic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Acronyms are often used because they are convenient and easy to remember.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The initials are the acronym for the movement he leads - Tanora malaGasy Vonona (Young Malagasies Determined). BBC, Madagascar's 'militant mayor', By Jonny Hogg, 3 February 2009   agog [ uh'-GOG ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) highly excited or eager 2. (adv.) in a state of keen desire; excitedly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His agog chatter soon became annoying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Winehouse had not walked the red carpet at the start of the evening and journalists were later agog as the singer, wearing a denim pinafore, walked up to collect her prize. BBC, MTV awards feel Winehouse effect, By Emma Jones, 2 November 2007   cache [ kash ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a place to conceal food, supplies and ammunition 2. (n.) one that is hidden or stored in a cache 3. (n.) computer memory used for quick access to frequently accessed data and instructions 4. (tr.v.) to hide or conceal ammunition and supplies in a cache   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The terrorists carried with them a cache of arms and grenades which they hoped to used to inflict maximum damage.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Security forces have recovered a cache of arms and explosives in Poonch district, officials said here on Tuesday. The Times of India, Arms cache recovered in J&K, 5 Dec 2006   animus [ AN-uh'-muh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. hatred, enmity or animosity 2. intention, disposition, animating spirit or purpose 3. (as per psychology of G.C. Jung) the masculine component that is present in a female's personality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The animus seen throughout the novel between the major characters is nerve-racking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A personal animus between Putin and Saakashvili is believed to have contributed to increasing tension that erupted into war between Russia and Georgia in August. abcNEWS, Putin Makes Crude Outburst About Georgian Leader, December 4, 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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