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	01-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pathos [ PEY-thos, -thohs, -thaws ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an emotion or sentiment of sorrow or sympathy 2. a quality that evokes sadness or pity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The air was rife with pathos as mourners started to arrive for the funeral.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What is less surprising is to learn that a particularly deadly form of kamikaze aircraft, a piloted rocket that could reach speeds of 880kph, was given the name "Ohka" falling cherry blossom, a name whose poetic pathos and imagery of youthful sacrifice was lost on the US sailors at whom it was aimed. CNN, Land of warriors holds on to traditions, By Dan Hayes, September 3, 2008   ferment [ n. FUR-ment; v. fer-MENT ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group or microorganisms that causes fermentation 2. (n.) tumult, turmoil, agitation or commotion 3. (tr.v.) to cause to undergo fermentation 4. (tr.v.) to agitate or excite 5. (intr.v.) to undergo the process of fermentation 6. (intr.v.) to foment or agitate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ferment caused as a result of the coup had long lasting consequences.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's fully fermented, meaning the leaves are dried long enough to oxidize fully, which produces the dark color and flavor. CNN, Have a special cup of tea, March 14, 2008   deprecate [ DEP-ri-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to deplore or disapprove 2. to belittle, play down or depreciate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The examiner deprecated the student's essay saying that it was a rough and ready improvisation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even politicians who deprecate the emphasis placed on income adequacy by some parts of the poverty lobby are never prepared to argue for the massive investment in public collective resources, free at the point of receipt, which would be needed to make any impact on poverty as it is experienced. University of Oxford, Human dignity, social indicators and social inclusion, John Veit-Wilson, 11 September 2004   explicate [ EK-spli-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to explain or make clear the meaning of 2. to develop   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   You should have paid attention when the professor explicated the differences between relativity and the quantum theory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Dr David Hardman, principal lecturer in learning development at London Metropolitan University, said: "It is very difficult to conduct true experiments that would explicate a causal relationship between IQ and religious belief. The Telegraph, Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God', Graeme Paton, 11 June 2008.   confluence [ KON-floo-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a flowing together of two or more rivers 2. the meeting place or junction of two streams 3. a crowd or the coming together of things or of people   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They built a jetty at the confluence of the rivers so that fishermen could moor their boats there.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A Hindu holy man performs rituals as he bathes at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, in Allahabad. BBC, The Big Picture: Confluence,   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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