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	12-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists approbation [ ap-ruh'-BEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   approval, commendation or praise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His approbation was necessary for the wedding to take place.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Meeting with top members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet, Biden warned that he plans to use "the moral approbation of this office" to make sure the huge fund of stimulus money is put to use creating jobs and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. abcNews, Biden: Use Stimulus Money Wisely or Lose It, By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer, February 25, 2009   whimsical [ HWIM-zi-kuh'l, WIM- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. capricious, arbitrary or marked by whims and fanciful ideas 2. unpredictable or erratic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His whimsical notions were ridiculed by society.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Horton Plaza, a shopping mall with an unusual whimsical architecture, jump-started the Gaslamp Quarter renaissance in the 1980s. National Geographic, San Diego: Horton Plaza   telltale [ TEL-teyl ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) that makes known something that is not intended to be known 2. (n.) one who shamelessly discloses personal matters   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He denied having taken any drugs, but upon close examination of his hand, the telltale prick of the needle was discernable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Israeli police said they will issue guidelines to the public on Friday on how to spot tell-tale signs of a Palestinian suicide or car bomber. BBC, Israeli guidelines on spotting bombers, 30 August 2002,   pallet [ PAL-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a straw mattress or a makeshift bed 2. a low portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving 3. a shovellike potter's tool made of wood, used for mixing and shaping clay.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A stray dog made itself comfortable on the pallet and fell asleep.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   About 50 firefighters have been fighting a blaze at an old Ford plant in Essex where 400 sq m of wooden pallets have caught fire. BBC, Crews deal with large pallet fire, 16 July 2006.   foible [ FOI-buh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a slight flaw or weakness in character 2. the weaker portion of a blade of a sword, from its middle to its tip.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   "The decline and fall of Rome" by Edward Gibbon eloquently captures the foibles and failings of successive Roman emperors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He'll tell you a version of events you won't read in the official history books – one that doesn't spare the foibles and failings of the Philippines' various imperial overlords, from the Spanish to the Americans and the Japanese. News.com.au, Adelaide Now, Thriller in Manila for adventurous travellers, Brett Debritz, November 20, 2007   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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