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	14-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lachrymose [ LAK-ruh'-mohs ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. crying or inclined to cry 2. causing or tending to cause tears   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Titanic's lachrymose finale made it popular among film goers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Torricelli's lachrymose pronouncement Monday certainly transformed Republican joy to gloom. CNN, The Torch's legacy, By Robert D. Novak , October 3, 2002   cornucopia [ kawr-nuh'-KOH-pee-uh', -nyuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abundant, inexhaustible supply 2. a goat's horn filled with fruits, grain, drink, etc. symbolising abundance 3. a container shaped like a cone or a horn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cornucopia of channels on television means that the average viewer is starved for choice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A mere change of registration from Republican to independent has garnered him a cornucopia of free and favorable publicity some candidates do not receive in a year of campaigning. Chronicles Magazine, Will Bloomberg Swift-Boat Hillary? by Patrick J. Buchanan   acrimonious [ ak-ruh'-MOH-nee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   bitter, caustic, or sharply resentful in language, behaviour or nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The acrimonious debate between the two candidates kept the viewers glued to their television sets.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prolonged and often acrimonious discussions over Barry's move are still developing on Wednesday. CNN, Goalkeeper Cavalieri on way to Liverpool, July 9, 2008   eschew [ es-CHOO ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to avoid or keep away from, esp. from wrongdoings or evil; to shun   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All religions advise their people to eschew wickedness and evil from their daily lives.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If this was not enough, the PMO statement, talking about the meeting of Left leaders with PM, went to the extent of indirectly advising the Left parties to "eschew the temptation of politicising the misery of the people". This is the first time in four years that PMO has reacted so bitterly. The Times of India, Left fumes at PMO tough talk, 26 Apr 2008, TNN   crescendo [ kri-SHEN-doh, -SEN-doh; It. kre-SHEN-daw ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. gradual increase in force or loudness of a musical passage; a steady, gradual increase in force or severity 2. the final point or peak of such an increase   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crescendo was so sudden and loud that it sent shockwaves through the auditorium.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The debate resurfaced and reached crescendo levels in February 2001, when Fox television aired a program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? National Geographic, April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes, John Roach   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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