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	08-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists kernel [ KUR-nl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the central and most important part of some idea or experience 2. a single grain or seed enclosed in a husk 3. the inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruitstone   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mango kernel oil is an ideal beauty ingredient.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The raven then eats each kernel whole, tossing his head back as he swallows them. National Geographic, Birding Column: Going Nuts With Wilderness, Ravens Mathew Tekulsky, March 16, 2004   iconoclast [ ahy-KON-uh'-klast ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who destroys religious images or objects to their worship 2. a person who attacks prejudices, beliefs or institutions that are based on superstitions or erroneous rationale   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Only an iconoclast like Raja Rammohan Roy could have succeeded in abolishing sati from Hindu society.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A natural-born iconoclast, Fela was a legend in his own lifetime; as infamous for his lifestyle and politics as he was acclaimed for his music. National Geographic, Fela Kuti   grotesque [ groh-TESK ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unnatural or outlandish appearance or behaviour 2. (n.) characterised by extravagant, distorted and hideous shape and size (n.) art that features fantastic and absurd human and animal figures intertwined with foliage, scrolls etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The burnt corpses looked grotesque in the bright morning sun.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In an editorial, the tabloid newspaper, The Sun, said Gibbons' jailing was a "grotesque insult to Islam" and called Gibbons "an innocent abroad." CNN, Sudan president to meet British lawmakers over teddy bear case, December 2, 2007   hypochondria [ hahy-puh'-KON-dree-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a persistent apprehension about one's health, usually when illness is neither present nor likely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There is a marked difference between being health conscious and possessing hypochondria.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hoggard does not possess Old's well-known hypochondria or his seam movement, but he does make the new ball count, something England may have cause to be grateful for in this match if their batsmen can occupy the crease over the next two days in pursuit of an eighth successive Test victory. The Telegraph, England grateful for gifts, By Derek Pringle, 18 Dec 2004   bullion [ BOO' L-yuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. gold or silver considered in mass rather than value 2. gold or silver bars, ingots, or plates 3. embroidery or lace trimming worked with fine threads of gold or silver   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The United states has the largest bullion reserves in the world, most of it stored at Fort Knox.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The target was £40m worth of gold bullion and between £30-40m in cash, stored at the Swissport Cargo Warehouse at Heathrow Airport. BBC, Flying Squad foils £80m robbery, 18 May, 2004   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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