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	11-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reproach [ ri-PROHCH ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to blame, rebuke or reprove 2. (tr. v.) to disgrace or discredit 3. (n.) an instance or cause of shame 4. (n.) blame or disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was reproached for leaving the cage door open.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I do remember, however, that in the meeting on the 13th he stressed that the treatment of the Muslim civilians in Srebrenica will be such as to put the Serbian side beyond any reproach even by the non-benevolent media. Chronicles magzine, Witnessing at The Hague, by Srdja Trifkovic   fervour [ FUR-ver ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. passion, warmth or earnestness 2. intense heat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fervour behind his words was acknowledged by everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Few acting roles generate more public fervour than those of Doctor Who and Hamlet. Telegraph, David Tennant: from Doctor Who to Hamlet, by Vicki Reid, 23 Nov 2008   avow [ uh'VOU ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to boldly acknowledge, own up, confess or admit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He avowed that he was not the best captain but would strive in the future to be so.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Critics from the left have complained about its merchandising; critics from the right disliked its avowed commitment to diversity. CNN, How do you get to 'Sesame Street'? Todd Leopold, 11 February 2009.   homeostasis [ hoh-mee-uh'-STEY-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the tendency or ability of an organism to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes 2. the state of psychological equilibrium attained when tension has been reduced or eliminated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The diagnosis was that he suffered from metabolic abnormalities which were caused by impaired homeostasis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It should be classified as a separate category among headaches attributed to "disorders of homeostasis." The Telegraph, Space 'causes disabling headaches in astronauts', 3 June 2009.   insalubrious [ in-suh'-LOO-bree-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unfavourable or not conductive to good health 2. not wholesome   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many elderly people moved out of town because of the insalubrious conditions caused by pollutants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eton, with its fogs, had been rejected as insalubrious. The Telegraph, Jonkheer Frederik 'Pico' Groeninx van Zoelen, 29 March 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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