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	09-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists gerontology [ jer-uh' n-TOL-uh'-jee, jeer- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the branch of science dealing with the process of aging and the problems of aged people   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scientific study of gerontology holds great promise since the population is ageing in most developed countries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This idea goes back to one of the founders of scientific gerontology, Bruce Ames of the University of California, Berkeley. Economist, How to live forever, 3 Jan 2008   eclat [ ey-KLAH; Fr. ey-kla* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. showy display; publicity 2. brilliant performance or success 3. acclaim; renown   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci code" was received with great eclat by critics and booklovers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By McGonagall's own account, the poem was '... received with eclat and [he] was pronounced by the Press the Poet Laureate of the Tay Bridge...'. BBC Home : h2g2 : William McGonagall : 8th September 2000   duress [ doo'-RES, dyoo'-, DOO' R-is, DYOO'R- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coercion; forcible restraint or constraint 2. (Law) forcing or compelling someone to commit a crime or commit to a legal liability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Under duress, the undertrial was forced to confess to a crime that he had not committed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence lawyers for a prime suspect in 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) say they suspect he may have confessed under duress. BBC, Indian Bomb Suspect Confesses, 21 November 2005   acerbity [ uh'-SUR-bi-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   harshness of speech, expression or temper   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Nani Palkiwala's budget speeches- which were laced with wit and acerbity- attracted large audiences.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But ultimately House of Cards is chez Richardson, with his wit, acerbity and slyness making this an ideal political thriller, even for those left cold by politics. BBC, House of cards, Paul Seed, BBC TV, 1990   genial [ JEEN-yuh' l, JEE-nee-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. warm, friendly manner or attitude 2. of or relating to the chin 3. conducive to growth or comfort   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Probably the foremost qualification that a diplomat or a doctor should possess is a genial disposition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This important study demonstrated a characteristic of his intellectual method, whereby he took on an intellectual position and engaged in genial but strenuous debate with it. Telegraph, Professor Anthony Nuttall   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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