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	04-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tribute [ TRIB-yoot ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an acknowledgement of a favour conferred upon oneself by means of a gift, compliment or any other means 2. the obligation for a feudal vassal to pay tax to the overlord 3. a tax or payment levied by one ruler on another as the price for protection or peace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A fitting tribute to our soldiers was erected in the heart of the capital.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leaders from the bloc also plan a tribute to Castro's ailing 82-year-old brother Fidel, who has not been seen in public since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006. abcNews, Raul Castro Defiant of US Embargo on Eve of Summit, By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Writer, December 7, 2008   tryst [ trist, trahyst ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an appointment or meeting or a place for such a meeting 2. (tr.v.) to fix up a meeting 3. (intr.v.) to agree for an appointment or meeting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The garden became famous as it was their chosen place for a tryst.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Finns retreat to their havens every midsummer, for their tryst with nature. The Economic Times, Finland: Land of lakes, 27 Nov 2008   elation [ i-ley-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   exhilaration, euphoria, joy or a feeling of pride   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A sense of elation was felt by the villagers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a show of patriotism in a vicarious way,which leads to a sense of elation. The Times of India, Cricket offers respite from daily chores, Tina Parekh & Prathima Nandkumar, 16 March 2003   renege [ ri-NIG, -NEG, -NEEG ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to break rules when playing cards by not playing a card of the same suit as the previous player even when one is able to 2. (intr. v.) to fail to keep one's word or promise 3. (tr. v.) (archaic) to disown or deny 4. (n.) an instance of someone reneging   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The accused had reneged on his promise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Specialist contractors in the housebuilding industry stand to lose millions of pounds as a result of illegal attempts by major building companies to renege on their contracts. The Herald, Builders attempt to renege on contract prices, ALAN MACDERMID, March 10 2008   hale [ heyl ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) healthy, sound or free from disease 2. (tr.v.) to haul, drag or forcibly pull 3. (tr.v.) to compel or force someone to go   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was hale and hearty all through his life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These could be the people who remain hale and hearty into old age even in spite of smoking, drinking, using sunbeds of having a poor diet. Telegraph, Genes explain why some drinkers and smokers die young, while others escape, By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent, 18 Jan 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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