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	06-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists gnome [ nohm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (folklore) a troll or dwarf like creature that inhabits the earth's interior 2. an international banker or financial expert 3. maxim, aphorism or a wise, pithy saying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There were a lot of gnomes residing in the Weasley garden in the Harry Potter series.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That's preferable to the way someone like William Hague was constantly portrayed - as an ever shrinking gnome. Telegraph, Gordon Brown takes offence at 'fat' cartoons, By Patrick Sawer, 25 Jan 2009   cession [ SESH-uh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act of surrendering, yielding or giving up 2. one or something that is given up or surrendered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cession by the troops stunned the General.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The commissioner Fantozzi can now proceed to the cession of the assets within the first of December CNN, Alitalia sale approved, From CNN's Alessio Vinci and Hada Messia, November 19, 2008   obituary [ oh-BICH-oo-er-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an eulogy or a published notice of someone's passing away usually accompanying a short sketch about that person's life 2. (adj.) related to or of the recording of deaths or a single death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The obituary was heartrending.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nan Britton died in 1991, "evidently so forgotten by history that no obituary was published," the Los Angeles Times later wrote. Elizabeth Ann died in 2005. CNN, 5 feisty presidential daughters, By David Holzel, September 25, 2008   distaff [ DIS-taf, -tahf ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a staff with a cleft that is used to hold flax, wool or tow in spinning 2. (n.) the female esp. maternal side or branch of the family 3. (adj.) female or pertaining to the female or maternal side or branch of the family   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She wrapped the wool thread around the distaff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The ability to sort everything by date, site, or most visited appears to have joined the distaff and spindle on the ash heap. abcNews, Google's Chrome: 7 Reasons for It and 7 Reasons Against It, J. R. Raphael, PC World, September 2, 2008   vindicate [ VIN-di-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to free or clear from accusations and criticism 2. to justify, confirm, substantiate or support 3. to avenge or exact revenge 4. to maintain, insist or defend   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was vindicated when he won the trial.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Walsh clearly appears to believe his approach has been vindicated. Telegraph, Guinness boss Paul Walsh remains cheery amid the economic gloom, By Jonathan Sibun, 06 Dec 2008   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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