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	17-Apr-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists revelry [ REV-uh' l-ree ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. rowdy and energetic celebrations 2. noisy festivity or partying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were called to bring the revelry to an end.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Where the mummy and the Fayum portrait express the imperious melancholy of mourning, the gaudy La Catarina from Mexico dares to conjure the spirit of the departed through festive revelry. Telegraph, The mansion of memory, 16/04/2003   ghastly [ GAST-lee, GAHST- ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) terrible, horrible or frightful 2. (adj.) bearing a resemblance to a ghost 3. (adj.)very serious or great 4. (adv.) horribly or terribly 5. (adv.) possessing a deathlike quality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His work was termed by the critics to be of a ghastly nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Victoria state Premier John Brumby said Marysville, which has been off-limits since the weekend fires, would remain so because of the likelihood of ghastly sights in the once idyllic town. abcNews, Mass Deaths Feared in Sealed-off Australia Town, By Daniel Munoz, February 11, 2009   warmonger [ WAWR-muhng-ger, -mong- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   one who advocates war   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was branded a warmonger due to her habit of inciting her friends against each other.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The U.S. and South Korean warmongers would be well advised to stop acting rashly, properly understanding who their rival is. CNN, North Korea: Sanctions a declaration of war, April 18, 2009   pacify [ PAS-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to soothe or ease the anger or irritation 2. to appease 3. to subdue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lady pacified the lost child who was crying for his mother by buying him a chocolate while she searched for his parents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He must pacify his senior management team, three of whom wanted his job, tame the fiercely proprietorial shareholder base and face down the competition in food and clothing that has steadily eroded its dominance. The Telegraph, Movers and shakers: Where to find them in 2010, 20 December 2009.   limbo [ LIM-boh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are relegated 2. the abode which is neither heaven nor hell for unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls as those of infants or virtuous individuals 3. a midway state or place of confinement 4. dance in which the dancer bends backward and passes under a bar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was left in limbo by after she lost her job   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result was better than some Labour members had feared, but it left Mr Brown in constitutional limbo as the Lib-Dems and Tories discussed power-sharing arrangements. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown to resign: highs and lows of his career in politics, 10 May 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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