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	17-Jun-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stratagem [ STRAT-uh'-juh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a deceptive trick or manoeuvre used against an enemy 2. an underhanded trick devised to attain an objective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stratagem adopted by the Allied troops was very well researched.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In some cases the stratagem seems necessary to maintain a healthy degree of exogamy, or outbreeding. National Geographic, The Imperiled Mountain Gorilla, By Dian Fossey, July 2008   medley [ MED-lee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) heterogeneous mixture, hodgepodge or a jumbled assortment 2. (n.) a mixture of songs obtained from varied sources and played together in continuum 3. (n.) mingled, jumbled or mixed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The medley required work before it could be presented before an audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The scenery, especially in the north, is considered the most spectacular in South Africa, a sublime medley of rugged peaks, scarps, pinnacles, forest, waterfalls and rivers. Telegraph, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa: One-minute wonder, By Tim Jepson, 20 Feb 2009   lope [ lohp ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to run with steady strides 2. (n.) an effortless pace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He loped towards the ice-cream shop as he knew that the shop would shut for the day any minute.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Close by, some giraffes lope past, and the wildebeest are grazing by the watering hole. BBC, Rhinos where you least expect them, Sarah Mukherjee , 26 April 2008   squelch [ skwelch ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to squash by walking upon 2. (tr. v.) to silence with a smart retort or suppress 3. (intr. v.) to produce a squishing sound 4. (n.) the sound of squishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They took off their boots climbed into the vat and squelched the grapes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We squelched towards my dad and boyfriend who cleverly remained undercover throughout the whole rain/hail scenario. BBC, My Story - A Comedy of Errors, Wallis, 16 October 2009.   ashen [ ASH-uh'n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ash coloured or grey 2. consisting of ash 3. extremely pale or drained of one's natural colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The face of the accused was ashen with fear and anticipation as she waited for the verdict of the jury.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The colour grey has dreary associations but a new exhibition recasts this ashen shade as one that suggests an intelligent perspective on the complexities of life. BBC, Grey's anatomy, David Cannadine, 22 February 2008.   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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