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	23-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists synchronous [ SING-kruh'-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. happening at the same time or simultaneously 2. of the same period   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The synchronous chimes of the two clocks amazed the spectators.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Once a few individuals start signaling, the rest of the offspring contribute signals of their own in synchronous waves. National Geographic, Insect Vibrations Tell of Good Times and Bad, by John Roach, August 12, 2004   idolatry [ ahy-dol-uh'-tree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. veneration of idols or worship of the statues of deities 2. extreme adulation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Idolatry is a common practise in India.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although my idolatory will forever be checked by my son who, upon being taken to see the famous shark, asked me if the artist had caught it himself. BBC, Thought for the day, Rhidian Brook, 19 September 2008   quatrain [ KWO-treyn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a poem or a stanza made of four lines of verse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   William Blake's quatrain, The Tiger's popularity has proved to be enduring, particularly among adolescents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mary was encouraged by her father to write stories and her 39 quatrain reworking of Charles Dibdin's five-stanza song Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by her father's Godwin Juvenile Library in 1808. BBC, Mary Shelley - The Formative Years, 26th October 2007   neologism [ nee-OL-uh'-jiz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a new word or expression 2. creating or using new words 3. creating a new meaning for an established word   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He spoke several words I had never heard of and I assumed them to be neologisms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One hallmark of a technology that's not ready for prime time is the great number of neologisms it spawns. CNN, Video still a challenge for the Web, By Dennis O'Reilly, March 14, 2001   immutable [ i-myoo-tuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. without any variation 2.not prone to change   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His immutable position regarding the bill of rights was considered as political suicide.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mother Nature is cyclic and, although there are changes within that cycle, the essence of Nature remains immutable. BBC, Paganism Explained: Lammas, 26 August 2009   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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