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	28-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pigment [ PIG-muh'nt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a colouring matter or a substance that gives colour to 2. (tr. v.) to colour or add colour to 3. (intr. v.) to become coloured   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Powdered pigment was mixed with oil and used to paint the barn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vitiligo is a condition in which areas of skin lose their normal pigment and become white. BBC, Pepper 'to treat pigment disease', 14 February 2008.   diverge [ dih-VURJ, dahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to branch off or move in different directions from a given point 2. (tr. v.) to swerve, turn aside from or deviate 3. (intr. v.) to deflect or cause to turn away from   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tourists were told that they were likely to get lost if they diverged from the path.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the final results could diverge greatly from the polling numbers because it is more likely that a person who tells a pollster that he or she is going to attend a caucus may not do so. CNN, Iowa caucuses 101: Arcane rules have huge impact on outcome, 3 January 2008.   lambast [ lam-BEYST, -BAST ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to beat or denounce severely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Instead of verbally lambasting politicians, the middle class in India would be better served if they were to be active participants in the democratic process and be vigilant citizens at all times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prime minister, who lambasts his main rival as a "shallow salesman", has been unable to sell himself. The Economist, Bagehot:Captain Malaprop, Jun 26th 2008   abeyance [ uh'-BEY-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. suspension, cessation or postponement 2. (law) a condition or state where ownership of an estate isn't established or determined   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Abeyance of his death sentence was seen in a negative light.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With Saturday's crucial match looming, both sides have put the dispute in abeyance for 48 hours. Telegraph, Wasps' players in contract stand-off, by Brendan Gallagher, 19 Dec 2008   paraplegic [ par-uh'-PLEE-jee-uh', -juh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. someone who is suffering from paraplegia 2. one who is afflicted by the paralysis of the lower half of the body due to some injury to the spinal cord   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The paraplegic in the hospital refused medication as he did not wish to live any longer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mikheyev threw himself out his cell window to escape his tormentors, landed on a police motorcycle and broke his back, rendering him a paraplegic. Newsweek, Russia: A Phone Call to Putin, Anna Nemtsova, Mar 13, 2006   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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