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	08-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists expiate [ EK-spee-eyt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to amend one's mistakes; to atone or extinguish the guilt incurred   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All faiths have devised ways to expiate a man's sins.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pope Pius XII celebrated a special mass at St. Peter's basilica today "to expiate the crime of the enemies or God"--the Communists. Chicago Tribune, POPE SAYS MASS FOR EXPIATION OF RED CRIMES, Apr 4, 1949   servile [ SUR-vil, -vahyl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a fawning or submissive attitude 2. of or pertaining to slaves or servants   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The servile adoration of the servant angered him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Enslaved workers are also employed as domestic servants, working in kitchens or subjected to servile marriages. abc NEWS, In Australia, bid to help trafficking victims, By Phil Mercer   amplify [ AM-pluh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to enlarge, extend or increase 2. (tr.v.) to develop, exaggerate or expand with illustrations and ideas 3. (tr.v.) (electronics) to boost the amplitude of a signal 4. (intr.v.) to expand or expatiate one's thoughts with illustrations   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sound was amplified so it could be heard all over the campus.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hedge funds are mostly not to blame for the mess of the markets but their access to leverage (surely a thing of the past now) has amplified the problem. Telegraph, Fresh ideas in investment analysis include finding 'known unknowns', By Tim Steer, 27 Nov 2008   indomitable [ in-DOM-i-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   invincible, unconquerable or unyielding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although the Soviet Union was virtually totally destroyed during World War II, the indomitable spirit of its people resurrected it to superpower status within a few decades.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Firhill side's ability to make life difficult for themselves remains unsurpassed, but the indomitable spirit which so often proves their saviour was evident in abundance again last night. The Herald, Partick Thistle 1 - 1 Livingston, MARTIN GREIG, February 13 2008   necromancy [ NEK-ruh'-man-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the practice of predicting the future by communicating with the spirits of the dead 2. black magic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The practice of necromancy is almost non-existent in modern day society.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The villagers believed that Lilith practised the black art of necromancy. BBC, The Gypsy Girl by Pauline Smith   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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