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	16-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lunar [ LOO-ner ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of, related or pertaining to the moon 2. (adj.) pertaining or related to silver 3. (adj.) measured based on the revolution of the moon around planet earth 4. (adj.) round, pallid or crescent 5. (n.) an observation taken from the moon for navigating or mapping purposes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lunar calendar war referred to before making any decision.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A lunar eclipse takes place when the earth is between the sun and the moon. BBC, Islands anticipate lunar eclipse, 4 May, 2004   travesty [ TRAV-uh'-stee ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a parody or grotesque imitation of a work of art that is serious in nature 2. (n.) a crude or ridiculous representation of something serious 3. (tr.v.) to make a mockery or travesty of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The travesty of the classic play was banned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A matter of weeks after the United Nations General Assembly voted for an end to executions, this announcement raises concerns over yet another travesty of justice at Guantanamo Bay. The Herald, Travesty of justice at Guantanamo Bay   progeny [ PROJ-uh'-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. offspring, descendants or young ones 2. a product, result or issue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their progeny was destined for stardom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even for the best sire that has ever stood in Europe, which is probably Sadler's Wells, less than 60 per cent of his progeny would have won a race by the end of their three year old career," said Philip Freedman, chairman of the Throroughbred Breeders' Association. Telegraph, High price may not make champion horse, By Roger Highfield, 19/12/2007   firebrand [ FAHYUH R-brand ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a burning piece of wood 2. an inciter, agitator, instigator or mischief-maker   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His use of a firebrand in the protected areas of the forest was criticised by the forest rangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The protests were called after an Israeli air strike hit the home of Nizar Rayyan, a firebrand leader of Hamas who refused to go into hiding, killing him and members of his family. BBC, Gaza facing 'critical emergency' , 2 January 2009   bourgeois [ boor-zhwah ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a member of the middle class 2.(adj.) conventional; middle-class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bourgeois were often blamed for the state of the economy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was a Marxist professor of history in Delhi University in the 1970s who used to brag in his lectures that "There are two interpretations of history: the Marxist and the bourgeois and the Marxist version is the correct one." The Time of India, India needs more Argumentative Indians, Swapan Dasgupta, 17 January 2010.   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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