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	31-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists grisly [ GRIZ-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. horrible, frightful, gruesome or ghastly 2. grim or formidable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The grisly nature of the murder sent shockwaves through the local community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An ancient skeleton excavated from Stonehenge has revealed a grisly execution at the famous site. BBC, Stonehenge execution revealed, 9 June, 2000   genesis [ JEN-uh'-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. something's origin or beginning 2. the first book of the Bible that is related to the creation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire credit of the success of this project goes to him as he has headed it from its genesis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To take the last item first, it is surely extraordinary that no less than five years after the genesis of ARP the fundamental precaution of including good shelters in all new buildings should still be a matter for future legislation. Telegraph, Time v security in provision of air raid shelters - Feb 14, 1939, By W F Deedes, 12 Feb 2009   halcyon [ hal-see-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a kingfisher 2. (n.) a legendary or fabled bird identified with the kingfisher that was said to nest at sea during winter solstice and was believed to have the power to calm waves 3. (adj.) pertaining to or related to the kingfisher or halcyon 4. (adj.) tranquil, peaceful, happy or calm 5. (adj.) golden, affluent or prosperous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sighting of the halcyon is considered to bring a person good luck.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now the halcyon days appear to be over, as the international credit crunch flattens demand everywhere. CNN, Creating jobs, infrastructure challenge India's growth, By Geoff Hiscock, November 13, 2008   hegira [ hi-JAHY-ruh', HEJ-er-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a journey undertaken in order to escape from an unpleasant place and get to a more conducive one 2. (islam) the flight of prophet muhammad from mecca to medina in 622 a.d.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hegira is re-enacted every year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eventually, the leading scholars of the third century after the hegira sifted through the extant material and made their own collections of what they thought to be authentic. Telegraph, Hadith: a tradition stretching back to Mohammed, By Alan Jones, 14 Nov 2001   immolate [ IM-uh'-leyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to sacrifice or kill in order to sacrifice 2. to destroy by means of fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was immolated as a show of regaining respect for the clan.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The following year two students, Jan Palach and Jan Zajic, immolated themselves at the foot of the National Museum in Wenceslas Square in protest at the continuing Soviet occupation. Telegraph, Trial and terror in a by-gone Prague, 01 Oct 2007   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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