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	29-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists exacerbate [ ig-ZAS-er-beyt, ek-SAS- ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   aggravate; increase intensity, bitterness or violence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The BJP's move to brand all muslims as potential terrorists is likely to exacerbate the already high social tensions prevalent in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The move was likely to exacerbate the political tensions that have been running high since the opposition made unprecedented gains in the March general elections, eroding the ruling coalition's majority. The Age, Anwar arrest triggers call for street protest, July 17, 2008   constraint [ kuh' n-STREYNT ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. restriction, confinement or limitation 2. awkwardness, forced behaviour or restraining of impulses and emotions 3. the act of restraining or constraining 4. one that restricts or limits   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He couldn't buy her the ring due to monetary constraints.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Employees will increasingly resist constraints on their use of technology, and they will have a growing need to reach beyond the corporate firewall. Economist, CORPORATE IT: The long nimbus, Oct 23rd 2008   solace [ SOL-is ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to comfort someone or cheer someone up 2. (tr.v.) to allay or relieve someone of their misery or grief 3. (n.) comfort, alleviation or consolation 4. (n.) a source of alleviation, comfort or consolation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She solaced the grieving widow by offering words of comfort.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But its buoyancy is a solace to Asian countries, several of which enjoy trade surpluses with China, and to the European Union, for which China is the fastest-growing market—albeit, as the Europeans like to point out when they complain about Chinese trade barriers, still no bigger than Switzerland. Economist, China moves to centre stage, Oct 30th 2008   revelry [ REV-uh' l-ree ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. rowdy and energetic celebrations 2. noisy festivity or partying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were called to bring the revelry to an end.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Where the mummy and the Fayum portrait express the imperious melancholy of mourning, the gaudy La Catarina from Mexico dares to conjure the spirit of the departed through festive revelry. Telegraph, The mansion of memory, 16/04/2003   hackneyed [ HAK-need ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   over familiar and dull through very frequent use   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The state government's hackneyed theme of blaming the centre for all its ills did not impress the voters.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The central theme of the project is to do away with hackneyed ideas through a conscious effort. The Telegraph, Time to turn 2018 dream into reality, By Clive Tyldesley, 03 Nov 2007   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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