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	07-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ululate [ UHL-yuh'-leyt, YOOL- ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to howl like a dog or a wolf; to hoot like an owl 2. to mourn or wail loudly and shrilly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The puppy's death made the little boy ululate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the movie Rudali, the actress ululated but did not experience any melancholy. BBC News, Photo Gallery - In pictures: Iraq wedding video   sybarite [ SIB-uh'-rahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who is fond of luxury and pleasure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   One can hardly hope to be a sybarite in today's recessionary times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The next Depp film to hit the big screen will be Libertine, the story of the debauched life of the Earl of Rochester, the 17th century poet, rake and sybarite who died of syphilis at the age of 33. BBC NEWS, UK, Magazine, Faces of the week   cataclysm [ KAT-uh'-kliz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a violent upheaval of a social or political nature 2. a violent physical action that causes changes in the surface of earth. 3. a devastating flood or famine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The 1917 cataclysm in the Soviet Union was the harbinger of communist rule in that country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A cataclysm, 50 million years ago, changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, a new study by Australian researchers from the University of Sydney, has revealed. The Times of India, 50 mn-yr-old calamity changed Earth, 25 Oct 2007, ANI   delectable  [ di-LEK-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   greatly enjoyable, delicious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Paradise café has a superlative band and serves delectable continental cuisine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Opt for the delectable soup, which is full of duck flavour with preserved mustard greens and bits of Chinese celery. Financial Times, Restaurant review: Xinn Tien Di, Bangkok, By Ken Hom, Published: May 26   annihilate [ uh'-NAHY-uh'-leyt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to do away with something; destroy completely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The U.S. department of defence is building a new generation of high-tech weapons which will enable it to annihilate its enemies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You must use missiles and annihilate them. BBC News, Rabbi calls for annihilation of Arabs, Tuesday, 10 April, 2001   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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