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	11-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mollify [ MOL-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to soothe or pacify 2. to mitigate or soften   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The devaluation of the rupee should mollify exporters who were complaining that the strong rupee was hurting their competitiveness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The latest news may also mollify hawks on the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee who have been uncomfortable with interest rates being so low. Economist, Postpone the optimism, Sep 5th 2008   ossify [ OS-uh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to harden and transform to a bone 2. (tr. v.) to be rigid or resist change and unconventionality 3. (intr. v.) to change a bone by hardening 4. (intr. v.) to be rigid or unconventional in beliefs and behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Countries that do not allow any form of free expression to their people will ossify artistically, socially and ultimately economically.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Economies that do not bring out the best in people will ossify and fall behind. BBC, UK Politics: Warring parties clash over elitism, June 3, 2000   opalescent [ oh-puh'-LES-uh 'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   showing a display of lustrous, rainbow like colours like that of the opal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The opalescent colours in the pamphlet attracted the attention of many.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Opalescent plastic could prove both pretty and handy Economist, Materials science: Opal fruits Aug 2nd 2007   bailiwick [ BEY-luh'-wik ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the area or district of jurisdiction of a bailiff or a bailie 2. one's area of specialization, interest or authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Key West islands were Ernest Hemingway's bailiwick.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As we neared Chawton (the home of Austen), a compelling signpost dramatically proclaimed the bailiwick as Jane Austen's country. The Hindu, Magazine Columns, Literary trail   serendipity [ ser-uh' n-DIP-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instance or phenomenon where good luck or fortune is found accidentally 2. an aptitude or gift of accidentally finding good luck or fortune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He could not believe that serendipity was a reason behind his success.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And the results, which are published in the August issue of the journal GSA Today, were ""a bit of serendipity,"" Stanley said. National Geographic, Ancient ""Lost"" City's Remains Found Under Alexandria's Waters, Dan Morrison in Alexandria, Egypt for National Geographic News, July 31, 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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