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	27-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ravage [ RAV-ij ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to devastate or bring heavy destruction upon 2. (tr. v.) to wreak havoc upon 3. (tr. v.) to plunder 4. (intr. v.) to cause destruction 5. (n.) serious damage 6. (n.) the act of plundering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The village and crops were ravaged by the storm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Karzai is battling to form a functioning government and end a political crisis in the war ravaged nation that has dragged on since he was returned to power in a fraud-tainted presidential election in August. The Telegraph, Karzai's new cabinet seen as return to patronage politics, Sardar Ahmad, 11 January 2010.   effusive [ i-FYOO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely demonstrative, expressive or lacking restraint when showing emotions 2. overflowing, profuse esp. pertaining to flow of lava   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His effusive demeanour angered people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were effusive in their praise for Somdev Devvarman, who defeated former world number one French Open champion Carlos Moya. The Times of India, Paes, Bhupathi heap praise on Somdev, 8 Jan 2009   blanch [ blanch, blahnch ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to whiten or bleach 2. (tr.v.) to make pale or devoid of colour 3. (tr.v.) to scald in order to remove skin or prepare for freezing 4. (intr.v.) to turn or become pale or white   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They blanched the cloth to suit their needs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When the plants are about 30cm (12in) tall, tie the stems loosely and gradually earth them up as they grow to blanch them. BBC, Gardening, Plant finder results   vicissitude [ vi-SIS-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. variation, change or mutation 2. alternation or a successive change 3. an unexpected change that could occur in one's life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vicissitude seen in the cells alarmed the scientists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She can, with some justification, blame the vicissitudes of an intensely competitive market and revolutionary technology - just as Charles Allen did. Telegraph, Why Mirror's boss is not the next Greg Dyke, By Jeff Randall, 03 Jul 2008   nonplus [ non-PLUHS, NON-pluhs ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a state or condition of perplexity and confusion 2. (tr.v.) to bewilder, puzzle, perplex, confuse or put at a loss for words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His constant expression of nonplus was annoying to his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was nonplused when I asked him about the recent downturn in the president's popularity. CNN, GOP optimistic about Bush campaign, despite recent polls and criticism, From Judy Woodruff, July 29, 2004   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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