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	13-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wade [ weyd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pass through with difficulty 2. (intr. v.) to walk through water 3. (intr. v.) to make one's way with difficulty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They waded through the murky water to get to the other side of the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Competitors, many of whom wear fancy dress, waded across the river bed to the far bank and back again. BBC, Hundreds get dirty for Maldon Mud Race, 27 December 2009   refurbish [ ree-fur-bish ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to renovate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He refurbished his apartment so that he could sell it at a higher price.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The films are being refurbished as part of an international effort to preserve his film heritage CNN, Early Chaplin films, Grace Wong, 29 January 2010.   archive [ AHR-kahyv ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. a record or document relating to various activities 2. a place where historical documents and public records are kept 3. a large collection of data 4. to put records in an archive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The author searched the cultural archives for content on Indian folklore for his new novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Starting out on the family history trail can be difficult enough without the added complication of the fact that you'll probably have to visit an archive, record office or similar institution. BBC, Working in Archives, Dr Nick Barratt, 23 November 2009.   obliquity [ uh'-BLIK-wi-tee, oh-BLIK- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the condition, quality or state of being oblique 2. immorality or deviation or divergence from normal conduct 3. a vague or obscure statement 4. mental perversity or an instance of it 5. deviation from a horizontal or vertical position   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was the obliquity of the statement that brought forth the angry reactions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Groups of modellers in Paris, Oxford and at the Nasa Ames Research Center in the US have also modelled the climatic effects of these changes in obliquity. BBC, Ice belt 'encircled Mars equator', By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter, Cambridge, 9 September 2005   fortitude [ FAWR-ti-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   courage, patience, determination, firmness or the inner strength to combat adversity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fortitude displayed by the warriors in holding off the enemy was a sight to behold.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We showed some fortitude and thought 'no matter what happens we're going to get to the Grand Final'. BBC, Sinfield issues warning to Saints, 27 September 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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