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	26-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lave [ leyv ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to wash, bathe or cleanse 2. (tr.v.) to lap or flow past 3. (intr.v.) to wash, clean or bathe 4. (n.) residue or left over   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was laved with sweet smelling soaps to get rid of the stench.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pressure on Syria to lave Lebanon has intensified since the 14 February car bomb death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. BBC, UN chief warns Syria over Lebanon, 25 February, 2005   levity [ LEV-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being frivolous 2. a light-hearted manner 3. the state of being buoyant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His levity was very well received in the humdrum office atmosphere.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Comedians and actors such as Steve Carell and Jamie Foxx brought some comic levity to the inauguration of a president who will face some serious problems in just a few days. CNN, Obama at concert: The dream of our founders will live on, 18 January 2009   evanescent [ ev-uh'-NES-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. fleeting or tending to fade away 2. vanishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For one moment, she thought the evanescent shadow created by the moonlight was a ghost.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A growing number of college professors are using film, audio clips and PowerPoint presentations to play to their students' strengths and capture their evanescent attention. CNN, Are kids too plugged in? 20 March 2008.   dribble [ DRIB-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) let fall or flow in a trickle 2. (intr. v.) to trickle or flow in small amounts 3. (intr. v.) to drool or slaver 4. (intr. v.) to advance with the ball in play 5. (n.) a trickle 6. (n.) a small amount 3. (n.) the act of advancing with the ball in play   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gushing river had been reduced to a dribble during the dry spell.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The details of misinformation that dribble into our lives (like fears about "enough protein") follow naturally from this fact and have been reflected upon in detail by writers like Marion Nestle. CNN, Food industry dictates nutrition policy, Jonathan Safran Foer, 30 October 2009.   gust [ guhst ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. a sudden blast of wind 2. a burst of water or an abrupt rush of 3. an out burst of feelings or emotions 4. to blow all of a sudden   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He tried to hold onto his hat but it was blown off his head by a sudden gust.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Keep both hands on the wheel, particularly if you're being buffeted by the wind or the slipstreams of other vehicles, and anticipate stronger winds and gusts on exposed stretches of road or when passing high-sided vehicles. The Telegraph, Gale warnings for northern Britain, Alastair Jamieson, 3 October 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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