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	18-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists placid [ PLAS-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. peaceful, tranquil or serene 2. complacent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His placid nature seemed to calm the frenzied crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a further twist, the normally placid Switzerland announced on May 23 that it had secretly destroyed highly technical blueprints for producing nuclear weapons. CNN, Disgraced Pakistani scientist denies nuclear charge, June 5, 2008   excision [  ek-SIZH-uh' n, ik-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act, process or instance of removal 2. abscission or surgical removal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was terrified as the operation required an excision and 22 stitches.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   McCain, 65, was scheduled to return to the medical facility Tuesday to have skin from an adjacent area cover the area left by the excision. CNN, McCain has skin lesion removed, February 4, 2002   xiphoid [ ZIF-oid ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) sword shaped 2. (n.) the xiphisternum   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The boy picked up a xiphoid piece of wood and, in his world of make believe, he became Zorro.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some doctors have attempted to enthuse them by suggesting "xiphoid", meaning sword-shaped, from the Greek word xiphos, meaning sword, or "xeranthemum", a plant of the daisy family, with dry, everlasting flowers, but in my experience this only makes them worse. The Telegraph, View from the surgery, Dr Frank Harbinger, 8 June 2006, 1 August 2009   avalanche [ AV-uh'-lanch ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a large mass of snow which gets detached from a mountain slope and slides downward 2. (n.) an overwhelming quantity of 3. (tr. v.) to fall or slide in a massive or overwhelming amount 4. (intr. v.) to overwhelm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They caused an avalanche by firing a rocket into the overhanging snow and, then, they documented its progress with their cameras as it slid down the mountain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Heavy snowfall and a rise in temperatures in the Alto Adige region had prompted local officials to increase the avalanche alert warning to level four on a scale of five. The Telegraph, Avalanches kill seven in northern Italy, 28 December 2009.   emissary [ EM-uh'-ser-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a representative who is sent on a mission 2. an agent who is sent on a secret mission 3. pertaining to an emissary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In an effort to avoid bloodshed, emissaries were sent to the warlords to negotiate a peaceful settlement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Tamil Nadu and Karnataka authorities are sending a joint emissary to hear Veerappan's demands, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi said. BBC, India's approach to bandit kidnapper, 31 July 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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