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	20-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sojourn [ n. SOH-jurn; v. SOH-jurn, soh-JURN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a trip, vacation or tour 2. (n.) a temporary or short term residence 3. (intr.v.) to visit or reside temporarily in some place   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He decided to take a sojourn to Las Vegas.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You could even bring a potted shrub or tree in from the garden for a short sojourn, covering any unsightly soil with a smart mulch of pebbles, shells, even glass marbles or old corks. Telegraph, 50 ways to improve your home: In the garden, 31 Mar 2008   mortify [ MAWR-tuh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to deaden or discipline one's bodily appetites by fasting or self-denial 2. (tr.v.) to shame, embarrass or humiliate 3. (intr.v.) to practise mortification 4. (intr.v.) to become necrosed or gangrenous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The outcome of the game mortified the home team.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not only deeply painful for the two of us but also for everyone else affected and it would mortify our mother if she were alive today and, if we might say so, we feel we are more able to speak for our mother than Paul. CNN, Burrell slammed as 'runaway train', October 25, 2003   irrevocable [ i-REV-uh'-kuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cannot be undone 2. cannot be changed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Once submitted, the payment is irrevocable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The path of non-violence is our irrevocable commitment and it is important that there be no departure at all from this path. BBC, Profile: The Dalai Lama, 25 February 2009   putrefy [ PYOO-truh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to cause to decay and have an offensive odour 2. (intr. v.) to become decayed and have an offensive odour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They found a putrefied carcass at the bottom of the tank.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He returned home and discovered the putrefied body of his mother. International The news, Man chops off wife's legs over minor issue, 21 January 2010.   waver [ WEY-ver ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to sway 2. (intr. v.) to quiver, tremble or shake 3. (intr. v.) to begin to give way or become unsteady 4. (intr. v.) a feeling of indecision or doubt 5.(intr. v.) to vary or to fluctuate 4. (n.) the act of being indecisive 5.(n.) the act swaying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their captain's determination did not waver and they won the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When asked why some blacks might now waver in their support for the senator, Perry said, "They just didn't understand the facts." CNN, Lincoln courts black vote as an NAACP leader gives her an 'F', 18 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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