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	11-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists serendipity [ ser-uh' n-DIP-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instance or phenomenon where good luck or fortune is found accidentally 2. an aptitude or gift of accidentally finding good luck or fortune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He could not believe that serendipity was a reason behind his success.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And the results, which are published in the August issue of the journal GSA Today, were ""a bit of serendipity,"" Stanley said. National Geographic, Ancient ""Lost"" City's Remains Found Under Alexandria's Waters, Dan Morrison in Alexandria, Egypt for National Geographic News, July 31, 2007   incriminate [ in-KRIM-uh'-neyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to accuse of, charge with or provide proof for the commitment of a crime 2. to implicate or cause to look guilty of a crime   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incriminated on charges of treason.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was sent to Dunkirk in the hope he might incriminate himself and others but that plan failed and he was later jailed. BBC, British sent fascist to frontline, 3 March 2009   vituperate [ vahy-TOO-puh'-reyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to revile, berate, rebuke or scold 2. (intr.v.) to scold harshly using abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was publicly vituperated by his boss for his errors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he publicly vituperated his father, the Prince of Wales was temporarily put under arrest. Wikipedia, George II of Great Britain   centigrade [ SEN-ti-greyd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a scale divided into 100 degrees 2. pertaining to a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is represented by 0° C and the boiling point by 100° C   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No matter how much the water was heated its temperature never exceeded a hundred degrees centigrade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1948, it was internationally agreed that the Centigrade scale would be named after Celsius. BBC, Giving temperatures the third degree, 13 January 2010.   scad [ skad ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. any fish of the family Carangidae, which inhabit tropical and subtropical shore waters and belonging to the genus Decapterus 2. in great quantity or number   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bank robbers scattered scads of money behind them as they escaped in their getaway car.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scads of small businesses have come up with clever ways to move ahead and add jobs wherever they can. CNN, Dear President Obama #455: Building up Kansas, 19 April 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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