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	26-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists chide [ chahyd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to scold, reproach or reprimand 2. (intr. v.) to voice one's disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher thought it fit to chide the children for their boisterous behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The agent behind the wheel has recently moved down from Oklahoma, and she chides him for not knowing the history of this little stretch of the border. The Economist, The Border: Fighting the fence, EL CALABOZ, Jun 12th 2008   affiliate [ v. uh'-FIL-ee-eyt; n. uh'-FIL-ee-it, -eyt  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a branch organization or a subsidiary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The college in our town is affiliated to the biggest university in the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wal-Mart's Japanese affiliate, Seiyu, has reported growing losses and revealed that it may use Wal-Mart branding for new store openings. BBC, Wal-Mart affiliate Seiyu suffers, 18 August 2005   frantic [ FRAN-tik  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. frenzied, desperate or wild with excitement 2. marked by rapid and disordered activity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As the sun began to set, the search for the missing girl became increasingly frantic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Liverpool end of the pitch resembled a casualty station with frantic efforts being made to treat the injured and save lives while others wandered aimlessly around the pitch in a daze. CNN, Hillsborough: 'The crowd cheered as the lad showed signs of life', Peter Went, 20 April 2009   expound [ ik-SPOUND ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to provide with a detailed account of 2. (tr. v.) to explain in detail 3. (intr. v.) to make a detailed statement on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The professor expounded on the subject of natural selection.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yet the danger is that those who expound the virtues of currency weakness may find that their message is actually believed. The Telegraph, Currency devaluation is no magic bullet, Jeremy Warner 13 November 2009.   emaciated [ ih-MEY-shee-ey-tid  ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) being abnormally lean and thin 2. (adj.) marked by being gaunt or haggard 3. (v.) to make or become very thin as by starvation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The emaciated bodies of the people who had died of famine were piled up and cremated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A dog which was so badly emaciated it had to be put down has sparked a police investigation in Edinburgh. BBC, Probe as emaciated dog put down, 23 June 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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