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	25-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists premeditate [ pri-MED-i-teyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to consider or scheme in advance 2. (intr. v.) to deliberate or plot beforehand   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The attacks by the terrorists were premeditated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Saakashvili insists that the Russia action is "premeditated aggression." CNN, Analysis: Georgia's major miscalculation?, By CNN's European Political Editor Robin Oakley, August 11, 2008   stoic [ STOH-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who is apathetic to emotions like grief and pleasure 2. (n.) one who belongs to a greek school of philosophy that had been founded by zeno who stated that wise men are the ones who are apathetic to worldly emotions like grief and pleasure 3. (adj.) being indifferent to earthly emotions like grief and pleasure 4. (adj.) of or pertaining to stoics   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His stoic mannerisms caused people to feel that he lacked emotions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The stoic silence that he maintains is scary sometimes," said a police official. The Timesof India, 2 cops top SIMI man's hate list, Prashant Dayal, September 29, 2008   genesis [ JEN-uh'-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. something's origin or beginning 2. the first book of the Bible that is related to the creation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entire credit of the success of this project goes to him as he has headed it from its genesis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To take the last item first, it is surely extraordinary that no less than five years after the genesis of ARP the fundamental precaution of including good shelters in all new buildings should still be a matter for future legislation. Telegraph, Time v security in provision of air raid shelters - Feb 14, 1939, By W F Deedes, 12 Feb 2009   impromptu [ im-promp-too ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) executed without prior preparation 2. (adj.) made ready on the spur of the moment 3. (n.) an unprepared performance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impromptu visit by the food critic caused the restaurant staff to panic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tom Jones undertook the Busking Challenge and wowed the crowds on London's South Bank with his impromptu gig, raising some money for charity in the process. BBC, The Cultural Show, 16 December 2008   promulgate [ PROM-uh' l-geyt, proh-MUHL-geyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to proclaim, declare or make known 2. to make effective or set forth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new law was promulgated by the government through the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But, speaking only for me, I find the Paul VI Mass more spiritually nourishing (though any liturgy promulgated by the Church is good enough for me). Chronicles magzine, Some Thoughts on Motu Proprio Mania, by Mark Shea   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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