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	12-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quinquennial [ kwin-KWEN-ee-uh' l, kwing- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   occurring every five years   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parameters by which the quantum of central funds is allocated to states are largely determined by the Finance commission- which is a quinquennial body.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A joint electronic submission system was a key recommendation in the 2001 quinquennial review of the research councils that urged the setting up of a forum for collaboration between the funding organisations. The Guardian, E-submissions, Linda Nordling, November 9, 2004   decadence [ DEK-uh-duh ns, di-KEYD-ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act or process of falling into decline, deterioration 2. moral or cultural degeneration 3. excessively self-indulgent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some historians are of the view that the Moghul empire collapsed due to internal decadence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The other is that they're noble and pure people uncorrupted by the decadence of modern society. National Geographic, Anthropologist on Living With a Remote Amazon Tribe, By Tom Foreman, May 21, 2003   defoliant [ dee-FOH-lee-uh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a chemical spray or dust applied on plants to make their leaves fall off before time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An excessive use of defoliant in tea gardens has had an adverse impact on the long term production of tea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vietnamese victims have filed their first lawsuit against US companies that produced the toxic defoliant used by American forces during the Vietnam War. BBC, Vietnamese file Agent Orange suit, 4 February, 2004   gaffe [ gaf ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a social blunder; faux pas   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The numerous gaffes committed by George W. Bush caused much merriment to people all over the world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is the population explosion of screeds on the Internet with its vast array of websites able to bring gaffes and scandal to the mainstream in an instant. Chronicles Magazine, Annus Horribilis Ahead?, by Patrick J. Buchanan   lineament [ LIN-ee-uh'-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (Geology) a topographic feature that reveals underlying characteristics, such as a fault line 2. distinguishing or characteristic feature 3. (usu. plural) outline or contour of a face, body or figure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His fine lineaments were due to good genes and regular exercise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To love children, is a graceful lineament, in the character of young ladies. Southern Literary Messenger (1839)   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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