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	22-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists conflagration [ kon-fluh'-GREY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a huge and destructive fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A series of conflagrations over the past few years have destroyed much of the forests of New South Wales.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In all there were three major earthquakes, several tsunamis, and a conflagration that consumed most of the Portuguese city of Lisbon on November 1, 1755—All Saints' Day. National Geographic, Earthquakes:Sunday surprise   antediluvian [ an-tee-di-LOO-vee-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of or pertaining to the era before the biblical flood 2. (adj.) antiquated; very old or primitive; belonging to an earlier time 3. (n.) a person who lived before the flood 4. (n.) a very old person; a person or a thing who is very old-fashioned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crocodile is one of the very few animals that has survived from antediluvian times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It now appears likely that this version of the king-list tradition also contains the name of nine antediluvian kings and a narrative account of the flood, although only a few hints of it remain in the very fragmentary text. Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis, By John Van Seters   foible [ FOI-buh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a slight flaw or weakness in character 2. the weaker portion of a blade of a sword, from its middle to its tip.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   "The decline and fall of Rome" by Edward Gibbon eloquently captures the foibles and failings of successive Roman emperors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He'll tell you a version of events you won't read in the official history books – one that doesn't spare the foibles and failings of the Philippines' various imperial overlords, from the Spanish to the Americans and the Japanese. News.com.au, Adelaide Now, Thriller in Manila for adventurous travellers, Brett Debritz, November 20, 2007   cortege [ kawr-TEZH, -TEYZH ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a train of attendants   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cortege of the dead leader attracted a huge number of onlookers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An ancient ritual, the cap horse was used in Lincoln's funeral but most famously in Kennedy's cortege, where the handsome, spirited Black Jack, a gelding Morgan and quarter horse cross, seemed representative of the slain President's vigor. National Geographic, Arlington Cemetery, By Rick Atkinson, June 2007   grovel [ GRUHV-uh' l, GROV- ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to lie or crawl with the body prostrate and face downward in fear, humility etc. 2. to behave in a modest or submissive way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In ancient times, it was habitual and necessary for subjects to grovel before their king.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said that the West Indies were a great team, but when they were down they tended to grovel, and he intended to make them grovel. BBC, Tony Greig - England Cricketer, 4th June 2003   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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