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	28-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists douche [ doosh ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a stream or jet of water or medicinal solution that is applied to a body or bodily cavity for medical purposes 2. (n.) the instrument used to apply a douche 3. (n.) the administration of a douche 4. (v.) to cleanse or treat with a douche   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The douche applied was effective in cleaning the wound.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If you wished for a quick back and sides followed by a cold douche it could be arranged without getting your hair wet. BBC, Else Happened And I Was In Uniform (Part 4), By Gloin F, 22 July 2005   rancid [ RAN-sid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unpleasant, stale smell or taste 2. offensive, disagreeable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   If left in the open air for too long, butter can turn rancid.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tung oil is a popular finish for wood projects. There's just one problem with it—if you don't use it all up, the leftover oil quickly turns rancid from air trapped inside the bottle. Reader's Digest, Workshop tips SPECIAL SECTION, By Bruce Wiebe, From The Family Handyman, January 2001   suborn [ suh'-BAWRN ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to persuade someone to commit perjury   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politician tried to suborn witnesses to cover up for his son's murder charge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vikram Chandra doesn't show his policemen as to be so politicised as to suborn justice for political ends. The Times of India, Facts and fiction about men in khaki, 10 Feb 2007, SHASHI THAROOR   regatta [ ri-GAT-uh', -GAH-tuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a boat race or several such races held together, as in a competitive event   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The America's cup is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   London in 1908 had the honour of holding the first Olympic regatta. The Telegraph, Beijing Olympics - Sailing guide   apposite [ AP-uh'-zit, uh'-POZ-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   highly suitable and appropriate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It would be considered apposite to reply to matrimonial proposals.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is apposite to note from the onset that the title of the present article is not only ambitious, but also somewhat restrictive. University of Oxford, On The Study of Ethnicity in Nigeria, By Ukoha Ukiwo   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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