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	22-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mollify [ MOL-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to soothe or pacify 2. to mitigate or soften   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The devaluation of the rupee should mollify exporters who were complaining that the strong rupee was hurting their competitiveness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The latest news may also mollify hawks on the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee who have been uncomfortable with interest rates being so low. Economist, Postpone the optimism, Sep 5th 2008   appal [ uh'-PAWL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to horrify, dismay, shock or scandalize 2. (intr.v.) to enfeeble, fail or weaken   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The news about the shooting has appalled the country as a whole.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The entire experience was extremely disappointing, and I am utterly disgusted and appalled at the organization and preparation of this event CNN, Disappointed inaugural ticket holders turned away, January 22, 2009   jargon [ JAHR-guh' n, -gon ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) gibberish or unintelligible language 2. (n.) a specialised, technical language or dialect of any special group 3. (n.) a pidgin or hybrid language 4. (intr.v.) to speak or communicate in jargon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The patient asked the doctor to explain the diagnosis without lapsing into medical jargon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jargon has its place within professions but it should not be allowed to leak out to the public, as it causes confusion. BBC, Councils get banned jargon list, 18 March 2009   larder [ LAHR-der ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a place where food is stored 2. a supply of food   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They survived the winter because of the well stocked larder.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The winter has indeed passed but the larder which was stocked up last autumn would, come May, have been close to empty. BBC, NOT a Manx tradition, 23 december 2009.   distill [ dih-STIL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to purify by subjecting to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation 2. (tr. v.) to refine or to extract the essential elements of 3. (intr. v.) to undergo vaporization and subsequent condensation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He distilled country liquor in his back yard.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pimms, a classic English summer drink, is actually distilled in Fife. BBC, Distillers toast market expansion, 29 December 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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