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	21-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists resplendent [ ri-SPLEN-duh' nt ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. shining luminously or radiantly 2. dazzling, garish or splendid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The resplendent fireworks dazzled the crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's a resplendent sun-drenched morning in the east of Scotland. The Herald, Barnes's storming finish, KENNY HODGART   festive [ FES-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. related to or pertaining to a feast or festival 2. joyous, happy, cheerful or merry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The festive atmosphere was infectious in nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sad state of the economy doesn't appear to be affecting the festive mood in New Orleans, Louisiana. CNN, Good times rolling on for Mardi Gras, By Marnie Hunter, February 20, 2009   idyll [ ahyd-l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a narrative of a sequence of events in verse or prose 2. an episode of idyllic appeal 3. a short-lived romantic affair 4. a sentimental musical composition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She narrated their life story in the form of an idyll.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Her clothes were for ordinary women, but they carried in their abundant floral folds the promise of some bucolic idyll far removed from the urban cool of Biba. The Telegraph, Laura Ashley florals celebrated in new book, Judy Rumbold, 21 August 2009, accessed 26 August 2009.   dissident [ dis-i-duhnt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who disagrees a opinion or an attitude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king issued an edict that all dissidents would be hanged.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Since Sunday when at least eight people were killed, scores of opposition figures and dissidents have been rounded up, and several reformist journalists and activists have also been arrested, reports said. The Telegraph, Iran leaders 'flee Tehran' as government mobs threaten death, Damien McElroy, 30 December 2009.   elixir [ ih-LIK-ser ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an alchemic preparation believed to be capable of prolonging life; a sovereign remedy or universal cure 2. a procedure believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold 3. a sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a syrup base for medicine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prince and his trusted servants set off for the enchanted forest in search of the elixir of eternal youth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A naturally occurring substance that can create "immortal cells" could be the key to finding a real elixir of youth, scientists claim. The Telegraph, Scientists take a step closer to an elixir of youth, Richard Alleyne, 20 November 2008.   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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