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	17-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists de facto [ dee FAK-toh, dey ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) actually existing with or without legal authority 2. (adj.) in fact or in reality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The LOC or Line of control is effectively the de facto border in Kashmir.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pakistani police have fired shots in the air and tear gas shells to disperse angry Kashmiris as a crossing on the region's de facto border was opened. BBC, Tear gas fired at Kashmir border, 7 November 2005   coerce [ KOH-urs ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to force by using authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The US is trying to find ways in which to coerce China into reducing its vast trade surplus which it enjoys at present.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scientists have found a way to coerce computers into doing science without the consent of their owners. BBC, Doing science by stealth, 29 August 2001   emeritus [ i-MER-i-tuh' s ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) retaining an honorary title of one's prior position or rank even after retirement 2. (n.) a person who has retired yet retains an honorary title of prior position or rank that was held   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although Bill Gates nowadays devotes most of his time to philanthropic causes, as Chairman emeritus he still wields huge influence on his company's policies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fleming wrote numerous papers on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy. He was elected professor of the medical school in 1928 and emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of London in 1948. BBC, Historic Figures Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955)   chalice [ CHAL-is ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a cup or goblet for drinking 2. a cup for the consecrated wine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For centuries, men have been in search of the chalice which Jesus used in his last supper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The deacon put the chalice in a safe place—and perhaps even sent it to Spain—before being killed. National Geographic, What's Inside Rome's Ancient Catacombs?, By Maria Cristina Valsecchi   brazen [ BREY-zuh' n ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) audacious; shameless or insolent 2. (adj.) of or similar to brass in colour, strength, sound 3.(adj.) made of brass 4.(tr. v.) to face with boldness or defiance; to face with impudence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   General Musharraf's brazen military coup in 1999 shocked the entire world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Robert Mugabe's brazen power grab in Zimbabwe's election saga has left cracks in one of African leaders' unspoken rules: Never turn on one of your own. Washingtonpost, Dissent over Zimbabwe cracks African unity, By MICHELLE FAUL, The Associated Press, July 13, 2008   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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