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	15-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quell [ kwel ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. pacify or allay 2. suppress or subdue forcibly; to end or crush down   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The army had to be called in as the police failed to quell the riotous mob.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tony Blair last night admitted that allowing the Iran detainees to sell their stories had not been a "good idea", as he tried to quell a barrage of criticism. The Herald, Blair: We acted in good faith, but we got it wrong, By MICHAEL SETTLE, Chief UK Political Correspondent, April 11 2007   rehabilitate [ ree-huh'-BIL-i-teyt, ree-uh'- ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to restore or reinstate the condition, health, reputation, means of livelihood or shelter of those who have lost it 2. (intr.v.) to undergo the process of rehabilitation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was rehabilitated into society after he had served his sentence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Windows is the company's most profitable business, generating some 30 percent of its revenue, and Microsoft is desperate to fully rehabilitate the credibility of its operating systems. Telegraph, Microsoft pledges to do "a better job" with Windows 7, By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles, 25 Nov 2008   freebooter [ FREE-boo-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who goes about in search of loot or one who plunders 2. a pirate or buccaneer 3. one who pillages   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They had placed a sentry on top of the hill to warn the villagers in case of an attack by freebooters.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Wyatt, who retired from the BBC in 1999 after 35 years at the corporation, said he opposed Mr Dyke, the former head of GMTV, as a candidate because he was a ""cheerleader"" for Labour and ""a freebooter"" who ""could be a liability running the BBC"". The Telegraph, Birt 'joined in plot to keep Dyke out of BBC', Tom Leonard, June 2003.   haggard [ HAG-erd ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) gaunt, worn or exhausted appearance 2. (adj.) wild-looking or distraught 3. (adj.) intractable or untamed 4. (n.) an untamed, adult hawk that has been caught for training   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His haggard appearance was off putting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I'm really glad it's over, a tearful, haggard Mr Raja Petra said as he hugged his family and greeted supporters. BBC, Malaysia blogger's joy at release, 7 November 2008   tirade [ TAHY-reyd, tahy-REYD ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. harangue or speech that is vehement or denunciatory in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He usually ignores his mother's tirades.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The movie set off a tirade from Iranians here and abroad, who experienced it as a cultural attack. National Geographic, Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran, By Marguerite Del Giudice   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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