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	07-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists aggrandize [ uh'-GRAN-dahyz, AG-ruh'n-dahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to extend, increase or enlarge 2. to make more powerful, great or rich 3. to exaggerate or praise highly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His position in society was aggrandized by his marriage.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His purpose in collecting multiples was not just to aggrandize supplies of the most decorative species for sale National Geographic, Alfred Russel Wallace, By David Quammen, December 2008   delineate [ di-LIN-ee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to represent or depict pictorially 2. to describe by means of gestures and words 3. to sketch out or trace one's outline   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He delineated the dictionary to make it easier for young children to use it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The government in Beirut is seeking to formally delineate the border between the two states. BBC, Syrian border barriers demolished, 16 May 2006   sear [ seer ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to burn the surface of 2. (tr. v.) to cause to wither 3. (intr. v.) to become withered 4. (n.) the catch or lever in the firing mechanism of a gun which keeps the hammer either half cocked or fully cocked   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The village medicine man would sear the arm of children with a hot copper strip to protect them from jaundice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Instead of baking your chicken, we'll sear it or grill it CNN, The lowdown on airline food, Andrea Bennett, 29 September 2009.   ecliptic [ ih-KLIP-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere 2. (n.) the apparent annual path of the sun 3. (adj.) pertaining to an eclipse or obscuring of light as viewed from earth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   According to the oracle evil stalks the earth during the period of ecliptic darkness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Each planet moves at different speeds and at varying distances from the Sun and closely follow an imaginary line in the sky called the ecliptic. The Telegraph, Planets line up for Solar System traffic jam, Roger Highfield, 5 April 2002.   laceration [ las-uh'-REY-shuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a jagged cut 2. the act of inflicting a wound with a serrated edge 3. a rough tear or cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many of the campers suffered lacerations on their legs while making their way through the thorny bushes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A preliminary autopsy on the body of an energy executive pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, this week revealed a head laceration and evidence of drowning, investigators said Thursday. CNN, Preliminary autopsy on missing energy exec suggests drowning, 11 March 2010.   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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