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	17-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fulcrum [ FOO'L-kruh'm, FUHL ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the support on which a lever turns when moving a body 2. (n.) any structure in an animal which serve as a hinge or support 3. (tr. v.) to fit a lever with a pivot or support   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The labourer used a pole as a lever and a rock as the fulcrum to topple the oil barrel on its side so that it could be rolled into the shed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But every seesaw needs a fulcrum on which to balance; a catalyst to inspire them; a pin to pop their overblown balloons. BBC, Encounters and Exits, 13 May 2010.   hibernal [ hahy-BUR-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   wintry or of or pertaining to the winter season   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hibernal season is unliveable in these parts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is also a major tourist centre with scores of ornithologists arriving here in the hibernal season. The Times of India, Govt sanctions aid for Keoladeo park, PJ Joychen, TNN, 17 Feb 2009   miscellany [ mi-SEL-uh'-nee; MIS-uh'-ley-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a collection of different things that are usually unrelated 2. a collection of writings on various topics or subjects in a single volume or book   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The first reprint of the miscellany of post modernist articles was a hit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Schott's Original Miscellany was last year's surprise bestseller even though it reached the bookshops just two weeks before Christmas. BBC, Publisher profits from trivia bestseller, 9 January, 2003   ingest [ in-JEST  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to eat 2. to consume   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After being starved for two days, the hungry prisoner ingested all he could lay his hands on.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As hens have no teeth they use flint grit that they ingest and hold in their crop to grind up their food. BBC, Nature Features, Laura Donovan, 5 September 2009.   palpable [ PAL-puh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. able to be felt or touched 2. intense enough to be almost felt or touched; perceived with ease   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tension in the courtroom as the Judge delivered the verdict was palpable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That they have been proved wrong and that they are the authors of their own misfortune is palpable. The Telegraph, The election that could rock the nation to its core, By Alan Cochrane, 26/07/2008   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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