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	20-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stanza [ STAN-zuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one among the many divisions of a poem that usually has a constant pattern of rhyme scheme, number of lines and meter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The first stanza was better acclaimed than what followed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fourth stanza of the moving poem is recited every year on Remembrance Sunday. BBC, Plaque remembers war poem, 16 September, 2003   somatic [ soh-MAT-ik, suh'- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bodily or physical 2. parietal or pertaining to the wall of the body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His condition was not somatic in nature rather it was psychological.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scientists remove the nucleus from an egg cell, which contains the cell's genetic material, and replace it with genetic material from another somatic, or body tissue, cell. National Geographic, U.S. Team Produces First Mule Clone, Stefan Lovgren, May 29, 2003   render [ REN-der ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make or perform 2. (tr. v.) to pay 3. (tr. v.)to pass a judgement (n.) a type of plaster used by masons to surface walls   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The full nelson is a dangerous hold that can render a man unconscious.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The virus is then rendered inactive and stored for the next part of the process. CNN, CNN Student News Transcript: September 17, 2009, 17 September 2009   vise [ vahys ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a clamping device used to hold an object firmly in place while working on it 2. (tr. v.) to grip or hold firmly as in a clamp   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The locksmith was cutting a duplicate key from the key blank that was held in the vise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "All the projects are laid out on a table and we talk generally about how we're gonna take over the planet, take over the comedy and keep a vise grip on it." CNN, 'Year One' polishes forbidden fruit in comedic poke at the Bible, Doug Ganley, 18 June 2009.   duress [ doo'-RES, dyoo'-, DOO' R-is, DYOO'R- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coercion; forcible restraint or constraint 2. (Law) forcing or compelling someone to commit a crime or commit to a legal liability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Under duress, the undertrial was forced to confess to a crime that he had not committed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence lawyers for a prime suspect in 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) say they suspect he may have confessed under duress. BBC, Indian Bomb Suspect Confesses, 21 November 2005   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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