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	29-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists raze [ reyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. destroy, demolish or tear down 2. (archaic) to erase, scrape off or shave off   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The illegal constructions were razed to the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   New York's original Pennsylvania Station, a similarly grand, classically-inspired structure, was razed in 1964. CNN, Washington's Union Station celebrates 100 years, October 2, 2008   grisly [ GRIZ-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. horrible, frightful, gruesome or ghastly 2. grim or formidable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The grisly nature of the murder sent shockwaves through the local community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An ancient skeleton excavated from Stonehenge has revealed a grisly execution at the famous site. BBC, Stonehenge execution revealed, 9 June, 2000   hew [ hyoo ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to fell with an axe 2. (tr.v.) to deliver blows with a sharp instrument 3. (intr.v.) to cut by striking with a sharp instrument 4. (intr.v.) to obey the rules   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He hewed down the tree with a mighty stroke.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I have imagined how satisfying it might be just to walk into the forest with only a rifle and an axe, hew out logs for a rough shack and, by courage and cleverness make a life. BBC, State Of The Union: Changes in the high country, Charles Gusewelle, 4 October 2004   chimerical [ ki-MER-i-kuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. imaginary 2. unrealistic or highly fanciful 3. highly unlikely or improbable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a chimerical concept and had no practical application.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Norman Stone, director and producer of The Narnia Code, to be screened on BBC2 at Easter, says the theory is the "best explanation yet" for the chimerical nature of the books. The Telegraph, Secret theme behind Narnia Chronicles is based upon the stars, says new research, Alastair Jamieson, 30 November 2008.   dumbfound [ duhm-FOUND, DUHM-found ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make speechless with amazement 2. to amaze or astonish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wife was dumbfounded when she heard that her husband had tendered his resignation because of a minor altercation with his colleague.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police in Australia say they are ""dumbfounded"" by the dumping of a live shark on the doorstep of a newspaper in Victoria state. BBC, Shark 'dumped' on Australia paper, 23 April 2009.   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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