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	20-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists natal [ NEYT-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. accompanying or pertaining to one's birth 2. related to one's birthplace or time of birth 3. native   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Natal injuries while giving birth meant that the mother had to remain in hospital for many days.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reipurth figures the star is a relative newborn, deeply embedded in its own natal cloud. CNN, Amateur finds new nebula with small telescope, By Robert Roy Britt, February 23, 2004   perdition [ per-DISH-uh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. destruction, damnation or ruin 2. hell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Not learning from history will seal our perdition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In it, he saw a train carrying innumerable people to perdition, and its meaning was unveiled to him as representing the Nazis," it says. abc News, Catholic Church Beatifies WWII Objector, Catholic Church Beatifies WWII Objector, October 26, 2007   overwrought [ OH-ver-RAWT, oh-ver- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely nervous or excited 2. extremely fatigued or over-worked 3. very elaborate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The overwrought employee fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Where Coldplay once showcased frontman Chris Martin's straight-ahead sensitive-guy-with-a-broken-heart lyrics and his fragile and overwrought falsetto, the 31-year-old tabloid fave is writing more obliquely here about death and God, love and war, loss and fulfillment. Washington Post, Coldplay Gets Warmer With 'Viva', J.Freedom du lac, June 17, 2008   fabricate [ FAB-ri-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to invent, make up or construct 2. to manufacture or build skilfully 3. to forge or fake (esp. signatures)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The defendant said that the allegations were false and that the accuser had fabricated the story.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The work represents the first time researchers have reported that living plants form these gold micro-nuggets, opening "exciting new ways to fabricate nanoparticles," according to Gardea-Torresdey, who heads the chemistry department at the University of Texas at El Paso. National Geographic, Researchers Spin Straw Into Gold, Peter N. Spotts, August 29, 2002   braggadocio [ brag-uh'-DOH-shee-oh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. empty boasting; bragging 2. a person who boasts; braggart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His braggadocio about his wealth and status irked his guests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's the hottest thing on television, Trump proclaimed to reporters Thursday, a bit of vintage braggadocio dating back to his meteoric rise in the '80s. CNN, Donald Trump is back and riding high   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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