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	07-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dotage [ DOH-tij ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a mental decline associated with old age or senility   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In their dotage, people are apt to behave like children.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's a tribute to the school teacher's hold on us that many people can still remember the name of their class VI math teacher in their dotage, long after they have forgotten their algebra. The Times Of India, The power of the school teacher, 26 Dec 2005   diadem [  DAHY-uh'-dem ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a crown 2. royal dignity or power   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Ravenclaw diadem was suspected to be one of the horcruxes in the Harry Potter series.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Royal blue sapphires in ruffled petals studded in a dazzling diadem. The Times of India, 'I live in the moment', by Chitra Sanam, 29 Dec 2006   flout [ flout  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to mock or treat with contempt 2. (intr.v.) to mock or be scornful 3. (n.) an insult or contemptuous remark   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Traffic signals are regularly flouted in the absence the traffic police.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thousands of drivers are continuing to flout mobile phone laws, despite higher fines and penalty points on licences, according to police. BBC, Drivers flout mobile phone laws, 9 September 2007   embitter [ em-BIT-er ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make unpleasantly sharp, acrid or pungent 2. to make more unpleasant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The consultant warned the management that imposing further restrictions on the workers would only embitter the already disgruntled labour force.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said the development of the Gilo settlement would only embitter the Palestinians, endangering the wilting Middle East peace process and ultimately Israel's security itself. The Telegraph, Barack Obama: new Israel homes 'very dangerous' for peace. Adrian Blomfield, 18 November 2009.   ignite [ ig-NAHYT  ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to light, kindle, set fire to or cause to burn 2. (tr. v.) to excite or arouse the passion of 3. (intr. v.) to begin to burn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Smoking is forbidden at petrol pumps because petrol fumes might get ignited and cause an explosion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The device had been carefully prepared, it had been transported to the scene, it had been taken into the building and the fuse had been ignited. BBC, Court hears Michael Stone appeal, 24 March 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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