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	12-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists missive [ MIS-iv ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   written correspondence or letter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The missive received by the Indian cricket team was from the Prime Minister congratulating them for winning the inaugural T20 World cup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hunched over a spiral notebook, she wrote page after page, a missive to the beyond. National Geographic, Field Notes : Rick Atkinson.   apocalyptic [ uh'-pok-uh'-LIP-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or of an apocalypse 2. (adj.) prophetic, revelatory or ominous or suggestive of a disastrous outcome 3. (adj.) pertaining to or suggestive of a final doom or turbulent end of the world 4. (n.) a system where it is believed that the world will end or be doomed in a violent or disastrous way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The apocalyptic vision of Nostradamus has managed to scare people for centuries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I thought it was kind of apocalyptic, like it was the end of the world, said Shogren abcNEWS, Old-Timers Brace for Possible Eruption, by RACHEL D'ORO, February 3, 2009   jamboree [ jam-buh'-REE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a noisy merry-making or celebration 2. an assembly esp. one of boy or girl scouts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A jamboree was held for the students after the final examinations were over.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police are trying to trace 13 scouts who have gone missing after taking part in the World Scout Jamboree which ended in Essex on Wednesday. BBC, Scouts go missing after jamboree, 9 August 2007   bate [ beyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to moderate or to lessen the intensity of 2. (tr. v.) to make less or take away some 3. (intr. v.) (of a hawk or falcon) to flap its wings frantically in an attempt to escape   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fever bated after the patient took his medication.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The crowd at The New Theatre certainly were bating for blood on Sunday night when they turned out in their droves to see Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour - don't ask. BBC, Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour , November 2003   parity [ PAR-i-tee  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) equality 2. (n.) equivalence or similarity 3.(n.) equivalence in value or status   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The country proudly proclaims parity of its citizens regardless of colour, creed or gender.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Burnett was responding to a letter dated October 9 from Terry O'Neill, NOW president, who asked to meet "to discuss respect for women in the workplace and your company's obligation to strive for gender parity in decision-making at all levels within your organizations." CNN, Letterman producer defends host to women's group, 22 October 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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