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	14-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists migratory [ MAHY-gruh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. transient, wandering or having a tendency to wander periodically 2. periodically or seasonally migrating esp. birds 3. nomadic or roving   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The migratory birds are a favourite with tourists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An atlas can illustrate global historical and political trends, display migratory bird flights or economic trade patterns. abcNEWS, Offbeat atlases map architecture, art, and whimsy, by Norman Weinstein, December 2, 2008   holster [ hohl-ster ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a special holder in the form of a belt used to carry tools or a gun 2.(tr.v.) to put a gun in such a holder- holster the gun   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new holsters were made of the finest leather and had an adjustable belt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The move would be symbolic, however: the firearms must be unloaded and in a secure holster. The Telegraph, Priest invites parishioners to bring guns to church to celebrate Independence Day, Leonard Doyle, 5 June 2009   squelch [ skwelch ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to squash by walking upon 2. (tr. v.) to silence with a smart retort or suppress 3. (intr. v.) to produce a squishing sound 4. (n.) the sound of squishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They took off their boots climbed into the vat and squelched the grapes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We squelched towards my dad and boyfriend who cleverly remained undercover throughout the whole rain/hail scenario. BBC, My Story - A Comedy of Errors, Wallis, 16 October 2009.   ashen [ ASH-uh'n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ash coloured or grey 2. consisting of ash 3. extremely pale or drained of one's natural colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The face of the accused was ashen with fear and anticipation as she waited for the verdict of the jury.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The colour grey has dreary associations but a new exhibition recasts this ashen shade as one that suggests an intelligent perspective on the complexities of life. BBC, Grey's anatomy, David Cannadine, 22 February 2008.   panjandrum [ pan-JAN-druh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who has or claims to have tremendous importance or influence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The BJP's panjandrums will have to sit down and analyse the impact of Varun Gandhi's speech at the recent parliamentary hustings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That wouldn't please the Democratic panjandrums who desperately want a nominee now that John McCain has wrapped up the Republican race. BBC, US media react to key primaries   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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