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	18-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reprove [ ree-PROOV ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to admonish or criticize 2. (intr. v.) to rebuke or find flaws in   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was reproved for her shoddy work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He tried to work together with them but did not hesitate to reprove them and pick them up when they failed," added Mr Langdale. BBC, Boss 'did not gamble on safety', 4 February, 2005   epoch [ Brit., EE-pok; EP-uh' k ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an era or brief period in history which is of some particular importance 2. an event or incident that marks the beginning of a new era or period 3. a point in time or instant that becomes memorable due to the happening of a particular event 4. a division of a period in geology   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fall of the empire signified the end of an epoch.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The speech of Viscount Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, at Edinburgh is welcomed as a further sign that Britain has finally said good-bye to the "alliance policy of the Versailles epoch." Telegraph, Lord Halifax wins approval in Germany - Oct 27, 1938, 24 Oct 2008   heed [ heed ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to attentively listen 2. (intr.v.) to pay attention 3. (n.) keen attention   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She heeded to the warning given by her parents about not speaking with strangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The public should pay attention to what is happening nearby and heed the guidance of local health officials regarding school, work and public events. CNN, Regular flu season precautions advised in current outbreak, Andrea Kane, 26 April2009   rustle [ RUHS-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause a succession of slight, soft sounds, like those caused by parts rubbing gently against each other 2. (tr. v.) to steal cattle 3. (intr. v.) to move with soft fluttering or crackling sounds 4. (intr. v.) to search for food 5. (intr. v.) to steal cattle 6. (n.) the sound made by anything that causes a soft fluttering or crackling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their approach was stealthy, but the rustle of dried leaves that they tread upon gave them away.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It takes more than the rustle of the leaves, the growl of the night creatures and the howl of a beast to scare the die-hard film buff. The Times of India, Agyaat, Nikhat Kazmi, TNN 7 August 2009   premonition [ pree-muh'-NISH-uh'n, prem-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a forewarning or an advance warning 2. an intuition of a future unwelcome occurrence 3. a foreboding or a feeling that evil is approaching   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She cancelled her ticket because she had a premonition about the flight.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chevrette said as soon as she heard about the multiple hijackings, she had a premonition Hanjour was involved. CNN, Jurors told Moussaoui's silence aided 9/11 hijackers, Phil Hirschkorn, 22 March 2006.   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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