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	25-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists precept [ PREE-sept ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a commandment or order issued with the intention of prescribing conduct 2. a warrant or directive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The precept was to be obeyed at all costs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said he aimed to freeze the precept - the sum paid yearly to the GLA by London households - in 2009 because of the "serious financial squeeze". BBC, Job cuts to save City Hall funds, 10 September 2008   escapade [ ES-kuh'-peyd, es-kuh'-PEYD ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a wild prank or rash adventure 2. an escape from captivity, confinement, control or restraint   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His escapades were well known across the length and breadth of the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I just love a run to keep my life balanced and everything always seems better after a satisfying escapade. BBC, Runners ready to talk up 10k, 21 April 2008   impending [ im-pen-ding ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. something bad is about to take place   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His prophecy of impending doom was a hoax.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They will be able to claim the money if they are told of the impending delay before the train departs The Telegraph, Passengers to get more compensation for train delays, David Millward, 17 August 2009   dais [ dey-is ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a raised platform 2. a podium or pulpit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The winner of the competition was called up to the dais where the chief guest handed him a medal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wenger, who appreciated Fabregas's potential early, has built a dais for the leader of his orchestra, stationing Alex Song and Denison close by, allowing the Spanish tempo-setter to venture forward. The Telegraph, Henry Winter: Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas can give a Spanish lesson, Henry Winter, 12 December 2009.   suffocate [ SUHF-uh'-keyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to kill by stopping the breath or the intake of air 2. (tr. v.) to strangle or to impede the respiration of 3. (tr. v.) to suffer from a lack of fresh air 4. (intr. v.) to smother or stifle 5.(intr. v.) to be uncomfortable because of a lack of fresh air   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The murderer admitted that he had suffocated his victim.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Parents who share their bed with a baby increase 40-fold the chances that the child will suffocate. BBC, Bed babies face suffocation risk, 6 October 2003.   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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