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	22-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists schism [ SIZ-uh' m, SKIZ- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. division of a large group or organisation into smaller groups or factions 2. an attempt to bring about a division or split in a religious body like the christian church   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The schism within the party has started to become visible.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is a period with early musicals where the singers were required to sing with classical techniques. It wasn't until the 1960s that a schism appeared. Telegraph, Carousel: a poor man's opera? No way!, 17/11/2008   mien [ meen ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. bearing, demeanour or the way one conducts oneself 2. an appearance, form or aspect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The glamorous mien displayed set him apart from his contemporaries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen master, is a rare mix of gentle mien and understated resilience. The Times of India, Thich Nhat Hanh: Zen master & peacenik, 2 Oct 2008   ineptitude [ in-EP-ti-tood, -tyood, i-NEP-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the quality of being unskilful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His ineptitude became apparent from the poor quality of his work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are surrounded by monuments to the laziness, vanity and sheer ineptitude of bad architects; they form the stage set of our lives and – as long as there are clients happy to pay for dross and planners ready to grant it permission – one from which there is no escape. The Telegraph, Carbuncle Cup: the ugliest buildings in Britain, Ellis Woodman, 4 September 2009   unearthly [ uhn-URTH-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. seeming not to belong to this world 2. supernatural 3. unreasonable or uncustomary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She screamed in such and unearthly voice that it scared the entire household.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His bemused clients were then asked to sign statements confirming that they witnessed him "controlling a voice or set of voices that are unearthly in nature". The Telegraph, Jaycee Lee Dugard: Phillip Garrido and the 'unearthly' voices, John Bingham, 28 August 2009.   whelp [ hwelp, welp ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the young of any mammal 2. (n.) a despised youth or an impudent young person 3. (n.) the teeth of a sprocket wheel 4. (v.) to give birth to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lioness watched over her whelps as they playfully tumbled in the grass.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He had described the heroine as appearing "like a tigress robbed of her whelps". The Telegraph, Many a good book is undone by its cock-ups, Christopher Howse, 21 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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