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	11-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mote [ moht ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a tiny speck or a tiny particle 2. (tr. v.) must 3. (aux.v.) (archaic) might or may   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Even a tiny mote of dust has the potential to damage highly sensitive electronic equipment, which is why most hi-tech laboratories are kept dust free.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is a mote and beam problem here, however, that Scottish Nationalists regularly ignore. The Herald, Stop your greetin', Stephen Senn   factotum [ fak-TOH-tuh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a general servant, handyman or assistant 2. a person or official hired to handle varied responsibilities   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A factotum truly understands the value of multitasking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I wish he wouldn't do this, sighed Bob Rule, his mozo de espada - an official bullfighting factotum - as he watched Mr Evans training. Telegraph, British pensioner bullfighter makes comeback in Spain after quadruple heart bypass, By Fiona Govan in Osuna, 14 Aug 2008   jinx [ jingks ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one believed to be the bringer of bad luck 2. (tr.v.) to bring ill or bad luck   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The restaurant was a flop so the owner engaged a psychic to identify the jinx.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Every team that went through the so-called jinx suffered injuries at key positions. Chicago Tribune, Ask David Haugh, 21 July 2007   gargoyle [ GAHR-goil ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a grotesquely carved figure 2. a grotesque ornamental figure or projection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tourists were busy clicking photographs of the gargoyles at the Victoria Terminus.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   From high atop gothic cathedrals, gargoyles look down at the living and the dead moving through the medieval lanes of the city of lights, where jack-o-lanterns can be seen glowing amid the flickering street lamps. CNN, France goes batty over Halloween, Jenna Milly,   bouillon [ BOO'L-yon, -yuh'n; Fr. boo-YAWN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a clear seasoned broth made by straining water in which meat has been cooked 2. a clear broth made by dissolving a commercially prepared bouillon cube in hot water   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The chef was in a hurry and so prepared a quick soup by using powdered bouillon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has already started stocking the vegetable bouillon powder. BBC, Delia's cooks up a commotion, 10 January 2000.   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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