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	30-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists feign [ feyn ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to pretend or to give a fake impression of 2. (tr. v.) to invent, fabricate or represent falsely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He feigned illness in order to avoid having to go to school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sympathy was not feigned: most European leaders know they would struggle to win a referendum on Lisbon. Economist, The unanimity problem, Jun 26th 2008   abyss [ uh'-BIS ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an immeasurably deep chasm, space or cavity 2. the region of evil spirits; hell 3. anything infinite, unfathomable or profound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Severely depressed people often have a feeling of being trapped in a deep abyss.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rather than presenting an obstacle, House Republicans intend to use the full force of our ideas to help Democrats produce a better package to help pull the country back from the economic abyss. CNN, Commentary: Big risk in Obama's economic stimulus plan, By Rep. Eric Cantor, January 18, 2009   equilibrium [ ee-kwuh'-LIB-ree-uh' m, ek-wuh'-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. poise or a state or condition of balance 2. mental balance or equanimity 3. equality between opposing forces   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was committed to the asylum because he had lost his mental equilibrium.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To the extent to which the homes are purchased by people intending to live in them, or improve them and rent them out, it can be a very important part of bringing the market back into equilibrium. The washington Post, Benefiting From the Bust, Alejandro Lazo, 21 February 2009   intervene [ in-ter-VEEN ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to interfere in other peoples affairs 2. to mediate 3. to come between or lie between   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pastor was called to intervene between the two dissenting families.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Linda Carty, a British citizen on Death Row in Texas, has called on Gordon Brown to intervene in her case and help save her from lethal injection. The Telegraph, Briton on Death Row in US appeals to Gordon Brown to intervene, Tom Leonard, 10 September 2009.   secession [ si-SESH-uh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. to formally withdraw from a political union or alliance 2. break away from or cease to be associated with 3. the act or instance of quitting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Territorial Council claimed that secession was legally constitutional and would take the demand for a separate Bodo state in Assam into consideration.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The national and presidential elections are a crucial step in the 2005 north-south peace deal that ended a 21-year civil war and paves the way for a referendum when southerners would decide whether they will opt for secession from the Muslim-dominated north. The Telegraph, Sudan's opposition parties withdraw from elections, 1 April 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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