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	23-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists daze [ deyz ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to stun or stupefy 2. (tr. v.) to overwhelm 3. (n.) a state of bemusement 4. (n.) a state of shock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was dazed after the mugger hit him on the head.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "I am overwhelmed, I'm just in a daze, he said. BBC, Dream Alliance wins Welsh Grand National, Peter Shuttleworth , 28 December 2009.   spawn [ spawn ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the mass of eggs deposited aquatic animals 2. (n.) a brood or offspring in large numbers 3. (n.) a person who is the offspring of a parent 4. (n.) mycelia of mushrooms grown in specially prepared organic matter for food 5. (tr. v.) to produce in large numbers 6. (tr. v.) to produce or give rise to 7.(tr. v.) to plant with mycelia 8. (intr. v.) to deposit eggs in a mass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Salmons spawn in freshwater then return to the sea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forecasters warned that another round of severe weather may hit Oklahoma on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a storm system spawned multiple tornadoes that killed at least five people across the state. CNN, On the Radar: Tornadoes, oil safety, racial profiling, 11 May 2010.   schism [ SIZ-uh' m, SKIZ- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. division of a large group or organisation into smaller groups or factions 2. an attempt to bring about a division or split in a religious body like the christian church   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The schism within the party has started to become visible.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is a period with early musicals where the singers were required to sing with classical techniques. It wasn't until the 1960s that a schism appeared. Telegraph, Carousel: a poor man's opera? No way!, 17/11/2008   mien [ meen ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. bearing, demeanour or the way one conducts oneself 2. an appearance, form or aspect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The glamorous mien displayed set him apart from his contemporaries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen master, is a rare mix of gentle mien and understated resilience. The Times of India, Thich Nhat Hanh: Zen master & peacenik, 2 Oct 2008   ineptitude [ in-EP-ti-tood, -tyood, i-NEP-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the quality of being unskilful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His ineptitude became apparent from the poor quality of his work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are surrounded by monuments to the laziness, vanity and sheer ineptitude of bad architects; they form the stage set of our lives and – as long as there are clients happy to pay for dross and planners ready to grant it permission – one from which there is no escape. The Telegraph, Carbuncle Cup: the ugliest buildings in Britain, Ellis Woodman, 4 September 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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