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	09-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pandemonium [ pan-duh'-MOH-nee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. noisy and wild confusion or uproar 2. a place of utter chaos or unruly uproar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was mass pandemonium as the gunman opened fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was mass pandemonium, people running, Kelly told The Associated Press. "One officer -- the first into the classroom -- told me he could still smell gunpowder." CNN, Police: Female student kills 2 others, self at Louisiana college, February 8, 2008   torpid [ TAWR-pid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. numb or having no sensation of motion 2. hibernating or dormant 3. inactive or sluggish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her torpid fingers were frozen solid because of the cold.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite his generosity, Stump's bitterness over the torpid pace of rebuilding is evident. CNN, Recovery in New Orleans big but not easy, By Eliott C. McLaughlin, August 28, 2006   metaphor [ MET-uh'-fawr, -fer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a figure of speech where a word or a phrase that normally gives off a certain meaning is made to give off another indirectly which leads to an implied comparison between the two 2. an emblem or symbol 3. an object or idea that represents another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He liked to use metaphors while speaking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I have tried to depict autism in the wider perspective of a metaphor, with normal parents looking for miracles to make their children extraordinary. The Times of India, A mouthful of sky for Kaushik Roy, Sarit Roy, September 7, 2007   regimen [ REJ-uh'-muh' n, -men, REZH- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. rule or control exercised by the government 2. a strict, regulated exercise and dietary routine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He followed a strict regimen to lose weight.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He suggested that patients talk to their doctors about starting an exercise regimen after weight-loss surgery. abcNews, Exercise May Speed Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass, Exercise May Speed Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass, December 3, 2008   nimble [ NIM-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. quick or agile in movement or action 2. quick and clever in understanding or quick-witted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For a large man, he was surprisingly nimble on his feet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His nimble fingers dance along the neck of the guitar as he asks visitors where they're from, what they want to hear and even provide tidbits about the song they requested. ABC News, Guitarist Is Country Music Hall Ambassador, By JOE EDWARDS, June 24, 2008   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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