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	01-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists extrapolation [ ik-STRAP-uh'-ley-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of inferring by projecting known information 2. an inference based on or extended from known information   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detective was able, by the process of extrapolation, to deduce that the witness was actually the murderer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The notion of a 'graveyard of empires' is actually a false extrapolation from something that is true -- that there is tactical and strategic difficulty," Porter says. CNN, Is Afghanistan really a 'graveyard of empires?' Barry Neild, 7 December 2009.   amphibian [ am-FIB-ee-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an organism belonging to class amphibia which consists of cold-blooded vertebrates that can live on land as well as in water 2. (n.) a vehicle which can be used on the land as well as in water 3. (adj.) pertaining to or an organism of class amphibia   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The organism resembled an amphibian.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A team of Indian and UK based zoologists has discovered a rare amphibian in Maharashtra that does not lay eggs, but actually gives birth to young ones. The Times of India, Rare Amphibian found in state, 13 September, 2008   aversion [ uh'-VUR-zhuh' n, -shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a deep repugnance, dislike or antipathy 2. the cause of repugnance or dislike 3. an evasion or dodging of something unpleasant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She had a deep seated aversion towards sea food.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kids like that have extreme aversion to any changes. CNN, Looking for hope in the ashes, By Madison Park, November 19, 2008   collate [ kuh'-LEYT, koh-, ko-, KOH-leyt, KOL-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to collect, arrange in an order and then examine carefully in order to integrate 2. to appoint or admit (a cleric or clergyman) to a benefice 3. to examine the presence of all pages before printing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The files have to be collated before the presentation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If an analyst will collate all the positions to which all the candidates move, he will find himself close to the true center of national politics. Chronicles Magazine, The Coming Backlash, by Patrick J. Buchanan   preponderance [ pri-PON-der-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   supremacy in terms of power, strength, number or quantity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The preponderance of dynastic rule often continues unchallenged.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I think the preponderance of data now does suggest this is a class effect," he said. abc News, Long-Term Study Confirms Vioxx Heart Risks, By Julie Steenhuysen, October 13, 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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