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	22-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists benediction [ ben-i-DIK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a blessing or an expression good wishes 2. the invocation of divine blessing or the blessing pronounced by an officiating minister   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old man's benediction was misinterpreted by the ignorant villagers as a curse because he spoke with a lisp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Henry is supposed to have abased himself before his father in a cloak full of needles to signify thrifty intentions and to have earned, in return, a touching benediction. BBC, The Myth of Henry V, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, 5 November 2009.   impalpable [ im-pal-puh-buhl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. intangible or not able to be perceived by the sense of touch 2. difficult for the mind to grasp or not easy to understand 3. very fine so that no grit is felt when rubbed between thumb and finger   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The life guard said that an impalpable pulse could be due to a very feeble heartbeat and did not mean that the victim was dead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The major component of the formula has an original structure with the capacity to 'unroll' over the skin like an invisible, impalpable patch containing powerful anti-wrinkle agents. The Telegraph, Baffled by the beauty adverts? So is a Nobel prizewinner, Roger Highfield, 6 December 2005.   promulgate [ PROM-uh' l-geyt, proh-MUHL-geyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to proclaim, declare or make known 2. to make effective or set forth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new law was promulgated by the government through the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But, speaking only for me, I find the Paul VI Mass more spiritually nourishing (though any liturgy promulgated by the Church is good enough for me). Chronicles magzine, Some Thoughts on Motu Proprio Mania, by Mark Shea   dross [ draws, dros ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. rubbish, waste matter or impurity 2. a trivial, inferior or insignificant matter 3. (metallurgy) the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal during the process of oxidation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There should be a proper infrastructure, to deal with the dross, in a city of this size.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is the bridge supreme which leads to immortality, and the spirit of fire which burns the dross of lower life. The Times of India, Crime & Punishment, 27 October 2006   surreptitious [ sur-uh'p-TISH-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. to attain or achieve stealthily 2. to behave or act in a secretive, stealthy way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The surreptitious takeover of the company was foiled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The information available to government does not indicate any surreptitious entry into the stock market or real estate market by terrorist outfits,"" Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Friday. The Times of India, No terror outfits operating in stock, realty markets: FM, August 17, 2007   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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