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	16-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists revere [ ri-VEER ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to honour, respect or look up to in awe 2. (n.) revers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The saint was revered throughout the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yul Brynner's portrayal of an earlier monarch, the revered King Mongkut, or Rama IV, cannot be seen in Thailand. BBC, Thailand's 'Soul of the Nation', By John Murphy, 27 November, 2002   parasite [ PAR-uh'-sahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an organism that thrives on and derives its nutrition from another organism that belongs to a different species 2. one who takes advantage of another's hospitality without returning the other person's favours 3. (ancient greece) one who entertained rich people in order to receive meals for free   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His nephew was considered to be a parasite who would bleed the company dry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The consultants' report found the presence of the parasites, which attack grasses and crops. BBC, New turf to end stadium parasites, 20 October 2008   mishap [ MIS-hap, mis-HAP ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an accident, misfortune or bad luck   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mishap was caused due to the negligence of the driver.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Air Force says the plane was heading back to its home base in Missouri when the mishap occurred. CNN, CNN Student News Transcript: February 25, 2008, February 25, 2008   reminiscence [ rem-uh'-NIS-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. recollection of certain ideas that may have been known in a prior existence 2. a remembrance, recollection or memory of something experienced in the past 3. one that reminds of or is suggestive of another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His reminiscence of past happenings spooked his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It might seem quite natural for the elderly to often slip happily into reminiscence but living in the past could indicate dissatisfactionwith the present, says psychologists. The Times of India, Living in past dissatisfaction with present, Living in past dissatisfaction with present31 Mar 2006   tortuous [ TAWR-choo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. crooked, winding or curvy 2.tricky, devious, deceptive or not straightforward 3. extremely complex, circuitous or involved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tortuous journey lasted fourteen hours.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The path follows a tortuous route along granite headlands. National Geographic, Best Beaches, By William G. Scheller   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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