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	25-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists superimpose [ soo-per-im-POHZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to place something over something else 2. to print one image over another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When he superimposed one signature over the other it became evident that they were not the same.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In addition, he was the first to use "supers" -- captions and other written information superimposed on the lower third of the television screen, Klein said. CNN, '60 Minutes' creator Don Hewitt dies, 19 August 2009   thrifty [ THRIF-tee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. practicing economical management or wisely frugal 2. prosperous, thriving or successful 3. growing vigorously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A thrifty person will always have enough set aside for a rainy day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jean Brown in Keighley has been thrifty and has a few lessons for people on how to live well on a modest budget! BBC, Jean in Keighley: Make do and mend! Jane Chesworth, 24 February 2010.   effluvium [ i-FLOO-vee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. emanation or exhalation of invisible vapour having a noxious odour 2. a waste by-product 3. an aura or outflow of particles that are impalpable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She fainted because she inhaled a high concentration of effluvium from the chemical plant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In recent months, many of Dr.Frank Harbinger's patients have entered surgery complaining of effluvium. Telegraph, End column, 04 May 2005   swerve [ swurv ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (v.) to veer off a straight course 2. (v.) to change direction suddenly 3. (n.) the act of changing course   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The driver swerved to avoid hitting a careless pedestrian.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police are eager to hear from a driver who swerved round a pedestrian lying fatally injured after a road crash. BBC, Appeal for 'swerve' driver, 7 February 2004,   pendulous [ PEN-juh'-luh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sagging or loosely hanging down 2. swinging freely 3. wavering or undecided   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pendulous clusters of grapes weighed heavily on the vine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   My personal favorite of the weepers is Picea breweriana, the 'Brewers Spruce', this upright plant reaches 15m, carries level branches with completely pendulous branchlets and oblong purplish cones. BBC, A Conifer is not just for Christmas, Brendan Little, 20 February 2010.   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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