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	18-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wraith [ reyth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a spectre or ghost 2. a ghostly apparition of a person that is supposedly seen as an omen just before his death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wraith was seen once every year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It was the mangroves he noticed first, reduced to cobwebbed wraiths as far as the eye could see. Economist, Arthur Galston, Jun 26th 2008   assay [ v. a-SEY; n. AS-ey, a-SEY ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to examine, assess or analyse 2. (intr.v.) to be shown or displayed after conduction of an analysis 3. (n.) an assessment or examination or a report of such an analysis   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The evidence was assayed by the police.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Towards the end of his life, Sir Arthur Eddington, who died in 1944, assayed a "theory of everything". Experimental evidence ran counter to his work, which today generates only intermittent interest. Telegraph, Maths into English, Simon Ing, 27 Sep 2007   modish [ MOH-dish ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   fashionable, modern, stylish or chic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her modish sense of style set her apart from the other First Ladies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The medispa is a 'modish' space to heal and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. The Times of India, Spa with a difference, Nona Walia, TNN, 2 Mar 2008   oblivious [ uh'-BLIV-ee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unaware or unconscious 2. forgetful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The poor employee was oblivious to the fact that her contract had been terminated by her employer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A single gene may control why some people are sensitive to the slightest smell of sweat, while others appear oblivious to the odour. BBC, Gene controls response to sweat, 31 October 2007   wend [ wend ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to direct or proceed along (one's way) 2. (intr.v.)to proceed or travel 3. (n.) one of the Slavic people of Lusitania   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He wended his way through the jungle to get to the city.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On Wednesday night, senators voted 90-9 to include the provision to the $440 billion Defense Department spending bill now wending its way through Congress. CNN, Senate ignores veto threat in limiting detainee treatment, 6 October 2005   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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