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	13-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists metier [ MEY-tyey, mey-TYEY ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a trade, profession or vocation 2. an area of activity or work in which one has interest or is competent; forte   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The metier of a pilot calls for quick thinking and strong nerves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The general impression is that conducting is a difficult metier for a man who describes himself as having been chronically shy in his youth. Washington Post, A Conductor Comes to A Coda, Anne Midgette, June 29, 2008   nosegay [ NOHZ-gey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a small bunch of flowers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He presented his fiance with a colourful nosegay.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Three different bouquet styles Peggy will have to choose from are hand-tied, nosegay and trailing. ABC News, Wedding Flowers for GMA Couple, June 12   obeisance [ oh-BEY-suh' ns, oh-BEE- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a gesture of body movement that expresses homage, like a bow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Thousands pay obeisance to the image of Lord Jagannath as it passes through the streets of Puri.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Like Mont St Michel in Normandy, the resulting shrine gave rise to a dramatic church, pilgrims came to make obeisance and a village grew up at its base. The Telegraph, Europe: Remote control, Sophie Campbell, 17 Feb 2003   jowl [  joul, johl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. loose flesh, as that of a fat person, hanging from the lower cheek or the jaw 2. the cheek meat of a hog 3. the lower jaw   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In this city, one can see plush office buildings cheek-by-jowl with large fetid slums.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An institution since 1941 serving imaginative French cuisine cheek-by-jowl with a one-of-a-kind oceanfront perch. National Geographic, Best of San Diego: Restaurants   neophyte [ NEE-uh'-fahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a novice, amateur or beginner 2. someone newly baptized or converted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Christian neophyte railed against all pagan religions and cults promoting idol worship.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   McCain regained some of the buzz with his choice of Sarah Palin, 44, a maverick Republican neophyte who was not even on the shortlist of candidates that at one time included the Indian-American governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal. The Times of India, McCain picks Sarah Palin, little known Alaska governor, as VP running mate, Chidanand Rajghatta, Aug 30, 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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