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	07-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wane [ weyn ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to gradually diminish or reduce in size, intensity or strength 2. (int.v.) to draw closer to an end 3. (intr.v.) to gradually reduce the moon's illuminated portion in intensity and size 4. (n.) an instance of gruel diminishing or dwindling 5. (n.) a period or phase of gradual decline   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The moon waned as the days flew by but there was no message from him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sun's energy output varies slightly as sunspots wax and wane on the star's surface. National Geographic, Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says, by Brian Handwerk, September 13, 2006   volition [ voh-LISH-uh'n, vuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instance or act or choosing, willing or making a decision 2. a decision or choice made according to one's own will 3. the faculty or power to choose, make a decision or determine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She chose to gamble her money by her own volition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The quality of the karma that you gather is not necessarily in terms of action alone; it is also in terms of the volition with which action is performed. The Times of India, SPEAKING TREE, Ways to Overcome Bondage of Karma, 23 Dec 2003   wizened [ WIZ-uh'nd; WEE-zuh'nd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   shrivelled, withered or dried up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wizened look did not belong on a young face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She looked at this wizened old man, dark and rough as a cinnamon bark. BBC, Meeting Munni, by Susmita Bhattacharya   panache [ puh'-NASH, -NAHSH ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. flair, style or flamboyance 2. a tuft or plume of tassels or feathers esp. on a cap or helmet a pendentive's surface (in architecture)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The count had panache which attracted people from different walks of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A disc containing CIA material, Malkovich's character is using to write his memoirs, falls into the hands of Pitt and McDormand who set out to blackmail him with all the panache of the Keystone Kops. abc News, Pitt, Clooney Dumb Down for Coens' `Burn', By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer, September 9, 2008   platitude [ PLAT-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a banal or stale comment or remark 2. insipid or dull   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her platitudes only served to raise his temper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hamdan said that he hopes for Obama's promised platitude of change. "I hope he can give us a state," he said. "All the presidents who come just support Israel. It's always Israel, Israel, Israel -- all the time." abc News, Obama or McCain: Israel Debates, By SARA SORCHER, July 2, 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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