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	10-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists gossamer [ GOS-uh'-mer ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) thin, filmy cobwebs that float in the air during clear and calm weather 2. (n.) a delicate, light and soft fabric 3. (adj.) delicate, thin and flimsy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During autumn, the hedges that form a boundary of the bungalow are adorned with gossamer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Adorned with gossamer, leaf-shaped appendages over their entire bodies, they are perfectly outfitted to blend in with the seaweed and kelp formations they live amongst. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Leafy and Weedy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus eques, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus   affront [ uh'-FRUHNT ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to insult intentionally and openly 2. (n.) an offence to one's dignity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It does not take much to be affronted by the vicious gossip that is being spread around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The judge said Nifong's withholding of DNA evidence from defense attorneys was an affront to the integrity of the judicial system. CNN, Nifong held in criminal contempt by judge, sentenced to day in jail   espouse [ i-SPOUZ, i-SPOUS  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to marry 2. to advocate or lend support to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They were espoused in a civil ceremony that was attended by a handful of people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many of them have close-shaven heads, wear Nazi-style insignia and openly espouse violently racist beliefs. BBC, Russia gang 'faces murder charge,' Steven Eke, 30 June 2008   puny [ PYOO-nee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. weak or inferior in size or strength 2. petty or insignificant 3. of minor importance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bully took great pleasure in victimizing the puny students in his class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Kentucky Republican said the league's penalties for a positive steroid test "are really puny." CNN, McGwire mum on steroids in hearing, 17 March 2005.   plagiarize [ PLEY-juh'-rahyz ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) the unauthorized use or close imitation of another's work, ideas or style 2. (tr. v.) work copied and represented as one's own 3. (intr. v.) to indulge in the copying of another's work and passing it off as one's own   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The authors in the content team did not plagiarize the work of other writers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fortunately no-one else listened to those shows so my style came over as unique whereas in fact it was blatantly plagiarized. BBC, BBC writer's room, Armando Iannucci, 20 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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