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	09-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists zephyr [ ZEF-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mild breeze blowing from the west 2. one that is insubstantial, temporary or airy 3. a soft and light fabric, cloth or yarn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The clouds were blown inland by a zephyr.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While most Mondays spell images of bustling, post-weekend scrambles to get back to the grind, this was a zephyr and drizzle-laden one. The Times of India, Rain washes away the summer blues, 4 May, 2004   cerebral [ suh'-REE-bruh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or relating to the brain 2. (adj.) appealing to the intellect 3. (n.) a sound that appeals to the intellect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cerebral music that he composed was appreciated by only a few people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Le Genou de Claire" ("Claire's Knee") of 1970 won the San Sebastian film festival, and "L'Amour l'Apres-midi" ("Love in the Afternoon") two years later secured Rohmer's position as a master of the intense portrayal of the cerebral and the sensual. The Telegraph, Eric Rohmer, French film director, dies aged 89, 11 January 2010.   tipple [ TIP-uh'l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) intoxicating liquor 2. (n.) a device that tilts a freight car to discharge its contents 3. (tr. v.) to drink liquor 4. (tr. v.) to sip at a cup of liquor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They stopped over at the pub for a tipple after the hard day's work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For two weeks in the run-up to her historic win, the Iron Lady stuck rigidly to an Atkins-style regime which included 28 eggs per week, steak, salad, and her favourite tipple, whisky. The Telegraph, Margaret Thatcher's victory diet: 28 eggs a week, Gordon Rayner, 30 January 2010.   clairvoyant [ klair-VOI-uh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a perception of events and things far beyond that of a normal human being 2. (adj.) pertaining to, of or related to clairvoyance 3. (n.) one who is clairvoyant and claims to perceive the future   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was termed a witch because of her clairvoyant abilities.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are not talking Cannes but Tenby and those in the running for prizes are not film stars but psychics, mediums and clairvoyants. BBC, Spiritualists gather for awards, By Nick Parry, 17 May 2008   indigenous [ in-DIJ-uh'-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to a particular province 2. existing in a locality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government devised various schemes to give impetus to indigenous industries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Taliban, though largely indigenous to Afghanistan, was nurtured by Pakistan's military and intelligence services. CNN, Afghanistan's untold story: Stability, tourists, miniskirts, John Blake, 20 August 2009, 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. 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