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	02-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists bruit [ broot ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) (medicine) any general abnormal sound heard on auscultation (the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis). 2. (n.) (archaic) rumour; report 3. (n.) (archaic) noise; din; clamour 4. (tr. v.) to spread rumour; repeat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bruit detected by the doctor using a stethoscope indicated that the patient needed medical attention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Using a stethoscope to listen to your carotid arteries, your doctor can detect a noise, called a 'bruit', made by turbulent blood flow through a narrowed artery. BBC, Strokes, 11th May 2001   tacit [ TAS-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unspoken; expressed without words; indicated or implied through means other than words 2. silent; quiet   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the conduct of the underground nuclear tests in 1998, the Defence minister, George Fernandes, made a tacit admission that it considers China, and not Pakistan, to be India's main threat.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Chinese Government has made a tacit admission that it faces a serious Aids crisis in central China. BBC, China admits Aids crisis, 9 August, 2001   lectern [ LEK-tern ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a stand that has a sloping surface on which a speaker can place books, notes etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is almost de riguer for US Presidents to make speeches from a lectern.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The advantage of standing at a lectern is that you do not need to move your head much to read the paper and then look out at the audience. American Historical Association- Conference Rules Everything You Need to Know about Presenting a Scholarly Paper in Public by Linda K. Kerber   adroit [ uh'-DROIT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dextrous; agile 2. skilful; resourceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His adroit debating skills helped our college secure the first rank in the debating competition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Sullivan become the third "Spitzer boss" to fall, joining two lawyers, Mr Prince and Mr Cherkasky, both of whom were considerably less adroit at running companies than they were at cosying up to Mr Spitzer. The Economist, Trigger-happy boards, Jun 17th 2008   palindrome [ PAL-in-drohm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a word, sentence, phrase, or verse that reads the same backward and forward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Hannah is an example of a palindrome.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Building a contraption like the LHC to find the Higgs is a bit like embarking on a career as a stand-up comic with the hope that at some point in your career you'll happen to blurt out a joke that's not only side-splittingly funny but also a palindrome. National Geographic, At the Heart of All Matter The hunt for the God particle, By Joel Achenbach   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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