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	12-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists armistice [ AHR-muh'-stis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a mutual decision to stop fighting temporarily   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The armistice announced between the rebel group and government forces enabled civilians to relocate to safe areas.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Koreas are still formally at war because their 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. The Morning Call, SKorean president says North Korea mountain tour to be suspended until Pyongyang allows probe, By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer, July 16, 2008   blandishment [ BLAN-dish-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   pleasing and flattering actions or words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The businessman's blandishments about the present administration left the Prime Minister unmoved.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Perhaps the 14 years he managed Ipswich Town, winning the FA Cup, UEFA Cup and supervising the creative mischief of captain Terry Butcher, grounded him so thoroughly that no amount of blandishment nor brickbat could corrupt him. Telegraph, Generation gap working in Robson's favour, By Sue Mott, 22/02/2002   bauble [ BAW-buh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a tiny showy ornament which has little value   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The numerous baubles that the actor wore on his clothing made him more showy than ever.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bauble was once owned by William Pitt, the English prime minister, who sold it to the Duke of Orleans, the regent of France (hence, The Regent). The Times of India, The sword that Mallya bought, 25 Apr 2004, INDIASPORA/CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA   ramification  [ ram-uh'-fi-KEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a development or consequence growing out of a source and sometimes complicating a problem.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sales of high-end luxury cars may be weak, as a ramification of the rise in oil prices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He expects that the centennial manufacturer's "pickup sales will be weak" for the duration of the year, as a ramification of the weakness in housing. CNBC News, GM's New Brands Give It Edge Over Rivals, Auto Analyst Says, Posted By: Greg Levine, Tuesday, 3 Apr 2007   mnemonics [ ni-MON-iks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   device or technique of improving memory with the help of some formulas   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The BODMAS mnemonics is one that every school boy should know.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Official guardian of celestial terminology the IAU may be. But it is struggling to bat away the tomatoes being thrown at it by a sentimental public and a generation of schoolchildren who do not want to create new mnemonics to remember the names of the planets. The Economist, Pluto fights back, Sep 7th 2006   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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