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	07-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists visceral [ VIS-er-uhl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. deep or affecting or felt in the viscera 2. unreasoning or instinctive 3. earthy or dealing with emotions that are crude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   I had a visceral feeling that my wish would come true, but it didn't.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sri Lanka declared victory in May in its 25-year battle with the Tamil Tiger rebels, but concerns remain about how the island nation can heal visceral war wounds. CNN, Calls for Sri Lanka to release displaced Tamil refugees, By Moni Basu CNN, August 18, 2009   venerable [ VEN-er-uh'-buh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) worthy of respect or awe inspiring 2. (adj.) made sacred or prestigious due to religious or historical importance 3. (adj.) a title for a Roman Catholic who has attained the first or lowest degree of sanctity 4. (n.) one who is venerable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The venerable man was sainted almost a hundred years after his death.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There are venerable oak trees draped with Spanish moss. National Geographic, City of the Dead, Holt Cemetery, New Orleans   vitiate [ VISH-ee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to spoil, impair or reduce the quality of 2. to invalidate or render ineffective 3. to debase, degrade, corrupt or pervert   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The addition of water to milk vitiated its quality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This could vitiate much of the effort the country has made to present itself as a responsible member of the global community. CNN, China looks ahead to Korea crisis, By Willy Wo-Lap Lam, March 18, 2003   domineer [ dom-uh'-NEER ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dominate over, tyrannize, rule over or bully 2. (intr.v.) to tyrannize or arrogantly rule over   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He domineered the entire discussion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The family Wittgenstein has been due a group biography for some time: of eight children to a domineering Viennese industrialist, most suffered psychological problems. Telegraph, Chistmas books: biography, by Tim Martin, 28 Nov 2008   colloquy [ KOL-uh'-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a formal exchange of conversation 2. a conference or dialogue 3. a discussion between the judge and the defendant during a hearing to ascertain whether the defendant understands the court proceedings and his or her rights   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The colloquy between the CEO and a director was tabled during the meeting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was, however, one important actor missing at yesterday's colloquy: Gibraltar refuses to take part in the Brussels process because it has not been granted an independent voice or a power of veto. The Telegraqph, Stand by the Rock, 21 November 2001.   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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