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	23-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists opus [ OH-puh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a composition, product, creation or work esp. one that is musical and numbered according to the order of its issue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was the 1969 opus, "The summer of 69", that shot them to fame.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention said it all with their 1968 opus, "We're Only In It for the Money." CNN, You can't tell an album from its title, By Todd Leopold, November 18, 2004   peregrination [ per-i-gruh'-NEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. journey or travel esp. on foot 2. wandering about or travelling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The peregrination proceeded slowly as the path was wrought with unknown dangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Juveniles set off on a three-year peregrination after fledging, some flying as far as South Africa, or even farther. National Geographic, Model Jerry Hall's Albatross Wins the Big Bird Race, Leon Marshall in Johannesburg for National Geographic News, July 13, 2004   saturnine [ SAT-er-nahyn ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. gloomy, taciturn, sardonic or sullen 2. having a temperament suggestive of one being born under the astrological influence of planet saturn 3. enduring lead poisoning or some disorder due the absorption of lead   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His saturnine disposition does not bode well.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Gidon Saks played the three villains with saturnine charisma and Graham Clark made perfectly focused cameos of the four comic servants. Telegraph, Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, 26 Nov 2008   pungency [ PUHN-juh'n-see  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sharp to the taste or smell 2. caustically expressive 3. mentally stimulating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The excellent taste of the curry was due to the pungency of the vinegar.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Goan food is full on flavour, pungency, colour and history. BBC, Indian food made easy   parlance [ PAHR-luh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the way of speaking 2. talk or speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They asked a lawyer for an explanation of the legal parlance in the contract.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is common parlance that if you have a problem, "Why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge," Clinton said, referring to corruption associated with the nation's judiciary system. CNN, Clinton in Kenya urges a cleanup of corruption, 6 August 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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