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	26-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ballast [ BAL-uh'st ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) any heavy material placed in a vessel to provide the desired draft and stability 2. (n.) gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for railroads 3. (n.) anything that provides stability 4. (tr .v.) to provide stability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The submarine was in the dry dock as its ballast system was being repaired.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although there is an additional cost in fixing reinforcement cables and ballast, Garvey believes the future economic prospects for his invention are good. CNN, Where to store wind-powered energy? Under water! Matthew Knight, 8 April 2008.   de novo [ dee NOH-voh, dey de NOH-woh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   over again; anew; start over from the beginning   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Gujarat riots call for de novo trials to take place outside the state.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A de novo review of the case would be a futile effort without the eyewitness accounts. The Times Of India, Kidney donation is safe: Experts, 7 Oct 2001   amphibian [ am-FIB-ee-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an organism belonging to class amphibia which consists of cold-blooded vertebrates that can live on land as well as in water 2. (n.) a vehicle which can be used on the land as well as in water 3. (adj.) pertaining to or an organism of class amphibia   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The organism resembled an amphibian.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A team of Indian and UK based zoologists has discovered a rare amphibian in Maharashtra that does not lay eggs, but actually gives birth to young ones. The Times of India, Rare Amphibian found in state, 13 September, 2008   unseemly [ uhn-SEEM-lee ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) inappropriate, improper or unseasonable 2. (adv.) not seemly or not in a proper manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Unseemly behaviour is frowned upon in all cultures.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's no shortage of unseemly tactics, with questions like "Don't you think your children deserve better?" CNN, Confessions of a time-share salesperson, May 9, 2007   reiterate [ ree-IT-uh'-reyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to state something over and over 2. to do or say something again   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police officer reiterated and assured the public that the bank robbers would be arrested before nightfall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In his opening statement, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, reiterated his belief that the United States should first try to increase the number of Afghan troops and push allies to add trainers to do so, before considering adding more U.S. troops. CNN, Reassessing Obama's 'war of necessity', Kristi Keck, 16 Septembr 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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