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	10-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists clipper [ KLIP-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. anything that clips or a person that shears 2. a cutting tool for hair, nails etc. 3. a sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, built for great speed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He bought a pair of hedge clippers to trim the overgrown bushes in his garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He says he's also a barber, having acquired clippers he uses to cut people's hair at a price he says is lower than area barber shops. CNN, In winter, some homeless choose between independence, warmth, Jason Hanna, 8 January 2010.   backslide [ BAK-slahyd ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to go back to one's old bad habits or sinful behaviour 2. (tr. v.) to revert to sin or undesirable activities 3. (n.) an act or instance of reverting to sinful activities   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The psychiatrist said that a backslide was imminent in a criminal who felt no remorse at having committed a crime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prime minister is being credited behind the scenes with ensuring that the G8 did not backslide on its commitments to African development. BBC, Credit to the PM, Nick Robinson, 8 July 2008.   asperity [ uh'-SPER-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. ruggedness, harshness or roughness 2. difficulty, rigor or hardship 3. rudeness or acrimony   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The asperity of her answer stunned everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The caption notes with some asperity that they thought it was closing but the information turned out to be "a stunt" by a rival party. BBC, Something new to say, By Mark Mardell, 5 April, 2005   bludgeon [ BLUHJ-uh' n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a club that is used as a weapon and whose one side is more loaded than the other 2. (tr.v.) to attack, hit or strike someone 3. (tr.v.) to coerce, bully or force someone into something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her death was caused by a blow to the head by a bludgeon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I was able to clear my mind after that and the sixes at the end were very natural free-flowing shots, not trying to bludgeon the ball over the ropes. Gilchrist said The Times of India, Gilchrist savours sweet sixes success, 18 Nov 2007   harbour [ HAHR-ber ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a shelter, retreat or a place where one can seek refuge 2. (n.) an inlet of the sea or water body where ships can be safely anchored 3. (tr.v.) to conceal, protect or provide shelter 4. (intr.v.) to anchor or seek shelter in a harbour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Every city block should have a safe haven, a harbour for those in need.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The popular sunbathing destination is less than half a mile off the coast from the old town of Budva, whose harbour can be reached by boat in only a few minutes. Telegraph, Unspoiled Mediterranean island on sale for £25 million, By Bojan Pancevski in Vienna, 14 Feb 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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