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	25-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists effete [ i-FEET ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. infertile; sterile; unable to produce 2. depleted of all vitality, effectiveness, or strength 3. characterised by decadence, self-indulgence or triviality 3. over refined; soft due to a pampered upbringing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The actor's effete ways irked the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The figure of Satan appears as a very effete character throughout the film, but not everybody will understand that. BBC, The Passion Of The Christ   suture [ SOO-cher ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of surgically sewing together two edges of a wound 2. (n.) the fibre used to sew two parts together 3. (n.) the line of junction of two bones especially the skull 4. (tr.v.) to secure, join or unite by means of sutures   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sutures must prevent fluids from penetrating the body through them from outside.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lizards with hairy feet are the inspiration for a new medical product that could help surgical patients heal better and might even replace sutures some day. CNN, Geckos' feet inspire new high-tech bandage, March 13, 2008   resilient [ ri-ZIL-yuh' nt, -ZIL-ee-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. rebounding or capable of returning to a previous, steady and steady state 2. ability to withstand and recover from shock or illness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His resilient spirit was the reason why he was able to pick up the pieces of his life and move on.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   John Wright on Tuesday said his boys were "resilient enough" to carry on without the South African trainer who had made an "invaluable" contribution to raise the team's fitness level. The Times of India, Boys will manage without Le Roux: Wright, 10 Jun 2003   spasmodic [ spaz-MOD-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or resembling spasms 2. intermittent, sporadic or fitful 3. excitable or extremely emotional   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Spasmodic jerks seemed to rack his body.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The violence in Iraq will persist, the candidate believes, but it will be "spasmodic and much reduced." CNN, McCain predicts Iraq war over by 2013, May 15, 2008   sanction [ SANK-shuh'n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the penalty for not adhering to certain rules 2. (n.) approval from an authority to do something 3. (tr. v.) to authorize or grant official approval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Security Council imposed sanctions against the country for harbouring terrorists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When someone continuously breaks house rules, or perhaps posts one stonking great rule break, they receive a sanction of a period of time in premod. BBC, Ouch! It's a disability thing, 28 May 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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