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	26-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists toady [ TOH-dee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a sycophant or one who flatters other people in order to gain favours 2.(tr.v.) to act or behave like a sycophant or toady 3. (intr.v.) to flatter someone in the hope of gaining favours   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was considered to be the toady of the mafia boss.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the pavilion, Prince Philip is staring out at the scenes of celebration while a toady whispers into his ear. BBC, England v NZ - Third Test day one as it happened, By Tom Fordyce   conduit [ KON-dwit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a tube or pipe for conveying fluids 2. a duct for enclosing electric cables   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The two tanks were connected by a conduit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One conduit would push the warm water from the ocean's surface down. CNN, Can Bill Gates stop hurricanes? Scientists doubt it, Ayesha Tejpar, 1 september 2009.   providence [ PROV-i-duh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. God's care and guidance over the creatures of the earth 2. a manifestation of divine care 3. prudent resource management   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He told the congregation to have faith and everything would be taken care of by providence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The most common reason for keeping a diary in the seventeenth century was to keep an account of providence or God's ordering of the world and of individual lives. BBC, Diaries of the Seventeenth Century, Dr Mark Knights, 11 May 2009.Last updated 2009-11-05   spoonerism [ SPOO-nuh'-riz-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the transposition of sounds of words or the transposition of parts of two words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He thought that spoonerism in conversation was humorous but the others did not share his opinion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Master of the malapropism, spoonerism and the downright nonsensical, the great New York Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, had an opinion on every subject. The Telegraph, Mickelson's super-hero status loses its shine, Robert Philip, 22 July 2006.   foray [ FAWR-ey, FOR-ey ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a raid, plunder or pillage 2. (intr.v.) to pillage or plunder for spoils 3. (intr.v.) to make inroads as for adventure or profit 4. (tr.v.) to pillage, raid or plunder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a victim of ridicule because of his foray into politics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Google's latest foray into the cell phone market is seen by many as the beginnings of the Internet giant's attempts to dominate the industry. CNN, Google's newest Android prepares to battle Apple, Digital Biz ebruary 18, 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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