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	30-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists patrician [ puh'-TRISH-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an aristocrat or a person belonging to a noble family, especially in ancient rome 2. (n.) a well-bred person who has good tastes and manners 3. (adj.) aristocratic 4. (adj.)characteristic or a pertaining to a noble or patrician   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His patrician background was the reason for his polished charm and impeccable manners.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The great nothingness that the great patrician signifies in today's Phulpur is best symbolised by the ruins of Vaidji's house that Nehru made his home here. The Times of India, Nehru's Phulpur fails to keep its tryst, Gautam Siddharth,TNN, 10 Aug 2008   agog [ uh'-GOG ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) highly excited or eager 2. (adv.) in a state of keen desire; excitedly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His agog chatter soon became annoying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Winehouse had not walked the red carpet at the start of the evening and journalists were later agog as the singer, wearing a denim pinafore, walked up to collect her prize. BBC, MTV awards feel Winehouse effect, By Emma Jones, 2 November 2007   unmitigated [ uh'n-MIT-i-gey-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not diminished or lessened 2. unqualified or absolute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The accounts executive realised the unmitigated folly of trusting people only after many clients defaulted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the face of this unmitigated terror campaign, we have every right to exercise our right of self-defence and to carry the war to the doorsteps of these terrorists. BBC, Bomb Britons appear on Hamas tape, 8 March 2004   ovoid [ OH-void ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(adj.) having the solid shape of an egg 2. (adj.) egg-like in form 3. (n.) an object that is egg-shaped   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There were a dozen ovoid jade pieces piled up on a silver tray.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The spire, which resembles the Gherkin building in London, has a semi-transparent ovoid suspended in a stainless steel mesh frame. BBC, New landmark for city's skyline, 11 July 2005.   parry [ PAR-ee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to avert, turn aside or ward off 2. (tr. v.) to evade or dodge 3. (intr. v.) to block or ward off 4. (n.) a defensive movement in sword fencing or the instance of turning aside a trust in sword fencing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He parried the thrust as his opponent lunged forward.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A parry is the defensive flick of the wrist that blocks their blade and results in a satisfying clash of swords. The Telegraph, London 2012: James Cracknell takes on fencing, James Cracknell, 30 July 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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