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	18-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quasar [ KWEY-zahr, -zer, -sahr, -ser ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a space object that appears like a star but is much brighter and distant, characterised by a very large red shift   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is only recently that astronomers have discovered the existence of quasars.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) completed a survey of nearby galaxies in 1996 that revealed that all large galaxies may be homes to quasars early in the galaxy's life. MSN Encarta, Galaxy - Encyclopaedia Article   imminent [ im-uh'-nuh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. is going to happen in the immediate future 2. looming   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The boy waved a red cloth to warn the bus driver of the imminent danger.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite the comment from the federal law enforcement official, Murray's lawyer does not think an arrest is imminent because autopsy results into Jackson's death are pending. CNN, Search warrants seek evidence of drug addiction in Michael Jackson, 31 July 2009   atrophy [ A-truh'-fee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the wasting away of the body due to defective nutrition or the withering of a part of the body due to nerve damage 2. (n.) degeneration resulting from disuse 3. (tr. v.) to undergo withering or wasting away 2. (tr. v.) to cause to waste away or wither 3. (intr. v.) to waste away or wither   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The college student suffered from intellectual atrophy which was caused by the habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   High phosphate levels may also increase the prevalence and severity of age-related complications, such as chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular calcification, and can also induce severe muscle and skin atrophy. The Telegraph, Fizzy drinks and processed foods linked to premature ageing, 27 April 2010.   protract [ proh-TRAKT, pruh'- ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to increase the time duration of, prolong or extend in space 2. to draw or plot to scale especially by making use of a protractor and a scale 3. (in terms of anatomy) to jut out or protrude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The course duration was protracted from 18 months to 24 months.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Under the agreement, signed after months of protracted debate, Mugabe retained his office. CNN, Zimbabwe power-share talks resume Wednesday, October 17, 2008   orifice [ AWR-uh'-fis, OR- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an opening or passage, especially of the body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mouth is an orifice through which many surgeries are performed nowadays.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Poking a sharp object into a pilot can widen the orifice, turning the pilot into a flamethrower. Reader's Digest, Fall Furnace Tune Up, Sam Satterwhite   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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