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	10-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pedagogue [ PED-uh'-gog, -gawg ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a strict or formal educator or teacher   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a brilliant pedagogue and his classes were always packed to capacity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All claim of having teaching staff with high pedagogue skills. The Times of India, Educational opportunities open up, Swati Khanwalkar,TNN, 28 Nov 2003   agoraphobia [ ag-er-uh'-FOH-bee-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an abnormal fear of crowds, public places or open areas   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People who suffer from agoraphobia require clinical intervention to live a full life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has the potential to be useful for people whose first language is not English and it's good for particular things such as agoraphobia. BBC, Can online therapy ease depression?, By Emma Wilkinson, 5 April 2007   unrelenting [ uhn-ri-LEN-ting ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not yielding or wavering in determination 2. not diminishing in severity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detective assured the Dean that he was making unrelenting efforts to clear the campus of drug dealers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Too many Americans keep forgetting that the threat we face is real, and unrelenting. CNN, Commentary: Torture memos aren't criminal, Ruben Navarrette Jr. 24 April 2009   peruse [ puh-ROOZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to read with care 2. to examine minutely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer asked the witness whether he had perused the auditor's report before he invested his money with the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Peruse this page and marvel at my classic films , which can be purchased on DVD from certain specialist websites. BBC, Characters, Charles, Irons. 27 May 2008.   repose [ ree-POHZ ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of sleep or the state of being at rest 2. (n.) tranquillity or composure 3.(tr. v.) to rest or lay to rest 4. (tr. v.) to place in a person or thing as trust or confidence 5. (intr. v.) to lie at rest; to lie dead   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager told the peon that the office was a place of work and not a place of repose.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of Scotland's Roman Catholics, said: "I pray for the repose of the soul of Roddy Wright and extend my sympathy to all those who mourn his loss." BBC, Bishop loses battle with cancer, 24 May 2005.   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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