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	08-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reprehensible [ rep-ri-HEN-suh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   blameworthy or deserving rebuke   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reprehensible act must not go unpunished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Animal Rights Africa said killing elephants was "undeniably cruel and morally reprehensible" as well as counterproductive. National Geographic, South Africa to Allow Elephant Killing, Celean Jacobson, February 25, 2008   enclave [ EN-kleyv, AHN- ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a country or a portion of it that is surrounded completely or almost completely on all sides by foreign territory 2. (n.) a minority group or a small area isolated within a larger one 3. (tr.v.) to enclose, isolate or encircle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The coalition enclave was often under the threat of enemy fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Medvedev threatened in November to deploy Iskander tactical missiles in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, which borders Poland, unless the US backed down. Telegraph, Russia and Belarus sign air defence pact, 03 Feb 2009   zeal [ zeel ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He played football with great zeal as it was his favourite sport.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Critics fear the nationwide zeal to save jobs now could make companies inefficient later by keeping too many people on the payroll and not providing flexibility to react to global market forces. CNN, Stimulated: Does S. Korea offer hope for bailouts? 24 April 2009   flip [ flip ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to toss in the air imparting a spin 2. (tr. v.) to turn around or turn over with a quick motion 3. (tr. v.) to move with a quick motion 4. (intr. v.) to turn over 5. (intr. v.) to somersault in the air 6. (tr. v.) to browse or leaf or turn the pages 7. (n.) the act of a short swift motion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His decision to attend the rally was the result of a flip of a coin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As well as having to hit the gym again, J-Lo may also have to deal with that other flip side of fame -- the paparazzi. CNN, Jennifer Lopez doesn't miss the gym, 17 December 2009.   centrifuge [ SEN-truh'-fyooj ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an apparatus that rotates at high speed to separate substances of different densities by centrifugal force 2. (n.) an apparatus which is used to simulate the effects of acceleration in a spacecraft 3. (tr. v.) to subject to rotary action in an apparatus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Centrifuges which are used at apiaries harvest the honey without damaging the honeycombs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the end of Mr Salehi's speech, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped onto the stage and pulled back a curtain to reveal one of the new centrifuges. BBC, Iran unveils 'faster' uranium centrifuges, 9 April 2010.   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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