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	26-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists champ [ champ, chomp ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to mash, crush, grind or bite noisily by using one's teeth 2. (intr.v.) to use one's teeth and jaws in order to bite or munch something 3. (n.) an act or instance of champing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elephant champed the sugarcane.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are champing at the bit to go. Telegraph, South Pole race starts as blizzard abates, By Stephen Adams, 05 Jan 2009   aviary [ EY-vee-er-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a place, cage or enclosure that is used to confine birds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The aviary was a place of tourist interest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The thieves climbed over a wall into the victim's back garden and disabled the special alarm on the aviary by cutting its wires. BBC, Parrots stolen from garden aviary, 11 September 2007   vendetta [ ven-DET-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a personal feud between two families in which the wronged one seeks vengeance 2. a long-drawn-out series of vengeful acts or quarrels   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vendetta has gone on for almost a century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In truth, Mr Mompesson just wanted to fulfil a vendetta against the drummer. Telegraph, Ten horror hoaxes that spooked the masses, By Florence Waters, 30 Oct 2008   consequential [ kon-si-KWEN-shuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. resultant or following an outcome or effect 2. important or significant 3. pompous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was angered by the consequential outcry for his enemy's release from prison.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The current trend is consequential not only in coastal Louisiana but around the world. National Geographic, GeoSigns: The Big Thaw, By Daniel Glick   indolence [ IN-dl-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the inclination to be lazy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indolence was detested by his family and friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A soldier was perched upright in the back of the vehicle, his bronzed arms cradling a machine gun, his pose a curious mix of indolence and menace. BBC, Reclaiming the past, Stephen Sackur, 24 May 2003, accessed 28 August 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. Principe TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Demo Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 3 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 12 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved