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	28-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists epigram [ EP-i-gram ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a paradoxical or satirical poem or saying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Oscar Wilde's epigrams are timeless in their ingenuity and wit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This timeless epigram seems to have become a mantra for Hyderabad teens. The Times Of India, Return of the classics, RAJEEVA SATYAVADA,TNN, 10 Aug 2004   stilted [ STIL-tid ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) (architecture) having an arch begin at a distance above an impost 2. (adj.) stiff, formal or pompously dignified 3. (tr.v.) to raise or elevate on stilts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stilted platform was termed dangerous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For centuries the seminomadic Moken people have lived as hunter-gatherers, dwelling on boats or stilted dwellings along the coasts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. National Geographic, Sea Gypsies of Asia Boast "Incredible" Underwater Vision, by Brian Handwerk, May 14, 2004   metamorphosis [ met-uh'-MAWR-fuh'-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism 2. a complete change in the character, appearance or circumstances 3. a transformation by magic or sorcery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The documentary film was about the metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Arthropod hatchling vary from miniature adults to grubs and caterpillars that lack jointed limbs and eventually undergo a total metamorphosis to produce the adult form. BBC, Arthropods   eccentric [ ik-SEN-trik, ek ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) odd or peculiar 2. (adj.) deviating from the recognized or conventional 3. (adj.) an axis or axle which is not situated in the centre or not having the same centre 4. (adj.) straying from a circular form (elliptic orbit) 5. (n.) a person who behaves in an unusual, peculiar, or odd way or has a peculiar set of beliefs 6. (n.) something that is odd, unusual or peculiar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His neighbours avoided him because of his eccentric behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During her time in Borth, Meryl became known in the village as something of an aloof and eccentric bohemian, wearing exotic hats and constantly smoking cigarettes. BBC, Portmeirion artist Meryl Watts's work under the hammer, 24 April 2010.   clandestine [ klan-DES-tin ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. done secretly or under cover 2. surreptitious 3. characterized by secrecy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She told the detective that she suspected her husband of having a clandestine extramarital affair.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I have an interest in clandestine operations in WWII because my uncle, whilst and Englishman, was assigned to the Royal Norwegian Navy in WWII. BBC, British Suitcase Radio used by SOE Agent.   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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