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	27-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists simulate [ SIM-yuh'-leyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to take on the appearance of or create a likeness 2. to make a pretense of 3. to imitate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He simulated the accident using computer generated images.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is this aspect that allows delicate and critical procedures to be realistically simulated. BBC, Simulator promises safer surgery, 25 february 2000.   tessellated [ TES-uh'-ley-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having the pattern of small squares or mosaic 2. having the appearance of or pertaining to mosaic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tessellated floor and scenic walls heighten the light-hearted setting of the children's playroom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Its tessellated façade, inspired by a Paco Rabanne dress, became a symbol of the city's regeneration and even ended up on a postage stamp. The Telegraph, The library has landed, Ellis Woodman, 31 March 2007.   soliloquy [ suh-LIL-uh'-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act or instance when one talks to oneself 2. a monologue or speech in a drama where the character expresses his feelings and thoughts to the audience by means of talking to himself or herself rather than by talking to the other characters   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her habit of soliloquy caused her to be termed crazy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yet because Sterling has made his own impact as a writer of fiction, he uses as his theme the famous "all the world's a stage" soliloquy describing the seven stages of life from Shakespeare's "As You Like It." CNN, Author takes a peek at the future in 'Tomorrow Now', By Renay San Miguel, February 26, 2003   miscegenation [ mi-sej-uh'-NEY-shuh' n, mis-i-juh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. marriage or interbreeding between a man and a woman who belong to different races 2. hybridization or mixture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Miscegenation was discouraged in olden times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Simply because miscegenation ends up confusing not only flavours, it tends to negate the beneficial properties of systematically evolved regional food habits. The Times of India, COUNTERVIEW regional food loses its efficacy, 18 Sep 2004   mite [ mahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. any of several small acarid arachnids that are often parasitic and infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors 2. a small amount or sum of money   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mites, because of their small size, often go unnoticed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A respiratory condition in which the lung airways are chronically inflamed, asthma can be triggered by substances other than pet dander, such as dust mites, exhaust, smoke, and cold air, or even allergens from rodents and cockroaches. CNN, What to do if you're allergic to your pet, By Ray Hainer, August 13, 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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