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	12-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists supplicate [ SUHP-li-keyt  ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pray for in a fervent manner 2. (intr. v.) to make a fervent prayer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He claimed to be an atheist but when he was having bad luck he would supplicate for a change in fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   God the Exalted has mercy upon the living who supplicates for the dead. The Telegraph, Sacred mysteries, Christopher Howse, 25 January 2003   appease [ uh'-PEEZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to pacify, soothe or calm by giving in to one's demands 2. to assuage, allay, satisfy or relieve 3. to concede in a conciliatory effort   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He appeased his boss by working on weekends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Congress is slightly more focused on rural and social issues, but both are constrained by the need to appease local interests. Telegraph, India's election delivers investors much needed stability, By Una Galani, breakingviews.com, 18 May 2009   averse [ uh'-VURS  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. strongly opposed 2. disinclination   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Though he propagated that honesty was the best policy he was not averse to lying in order to save his skin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Councils are not averse to the idea that there should be a right of appeal if responsible dog owners feel hard done by when a dog control order is put in place. BBC, Walking bans 'risk dog welfare', 12 October 2009.   bloated [ BLOH-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. swollen or distended by fluid or gas 2. obese or much larger than required 3. conceited or vain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felt bloated after consuming several portions of watermelon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The European Union has criticised the UK and other European nations for having "optimistic" growth assumptions and bloated deficits. BBC, EU attacks 'optimistic' economic outlooks, 17 March 2010.   anosmia [ an-OZ-mee-uh', -OS- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   loss or absence of the sense of smell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Certain intranasal gels marketed as remedies for the common cold can also be a cause of anosmia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The likelihood of recovery from anosmia depends on what has caused it, as well as any treatment. BBC News, Sense and scent ability, By Claire Heald   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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