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	21-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists bolster [ BHOL-ster ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a pillow or a cushion 2. (n.) a pad or something used as a support 3. (tr.v.) to support, uphold or prop up 4. (tr.v.) to hearten or cheer up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She asked for a bolster on the plane as the seats were very uncomfortable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now that they have the explicit backing of the authorities, it should help to bolster the housing market which has been the source of so many of the US's economic problems. BBC, US rescues giant mortgage lenders, By Greg Wood, 8 September 2008   burnish [ BUR-nish ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to burnish or make shiny by rubbing 2. (n.) polish, gloss or shine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They burnished the artefacts to be displayed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The last vestiges of sunlight gild and burnish the pink walls. National Geographic, On Lake Powell, Kayaking a Reemerging Canyon, Gretchen Reynolds, August 12, 2003   exude [ ig-ZOOD, ik-SOOD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to project abundantly or radiate 2. (tr. v.) to send out or emit through pores or small openings. 3. (intr. v.) to gradually come out through pores or to ooze out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had a positive outlook on life and exuded optimism wherever he went.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This is supposed to be the phase of the campaign when Woods exudes a steely invulnerability, but he heads south to the Players Championship at Sawgrass this week in fear of embarrassment. The Telegraph, Tiger Woods humbled at Quail Hollow as the magic disappears, Oliver Brown, 1 May 2010.   squalid [ SKWOL-id, SKWAW-lid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dirty, foul, filthy, wretched 2. sordid or morally degraded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The squalid conditions prevalent in the last century gave rise to many diseases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conditions in the cells were squalid and lacked decency BBC, Police cell condition 'squalid', 6 August 2008   solicitous [ suh'-LIS-i-tuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. displaying concern, anxiety or eagerness careful, cautious or meticulous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her solicitous behaviour was regarded as fake.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For reasons not entirely clear to me, Stark repairs to his home lab and, with the help of a robot more solicitous than Luke Skywalker's R2D2, improves upon his original metal suit, transforming it into a gleaming red and gold mannequin reminiscent of Hollywood's Oscar award. Chronicles Magazine, Wogs, by George McCartney   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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