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	10-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists edict [ EE-dikt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a decree issued by an authority 2. (n.) a command or order by a sovereign   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king's edict was that peasants were not allowed to hunt deer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Condino said an edict by Nicholas II dated 1908 stipulated the "effective owner" was the cabinet of the tsar, a state body. The Telegraph, French and Russians in battle over ownership of Russian Orthodox cathedral, Henry Samuel, 02 November 2009.   threadbare [ THRED-bair  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. worn-out or overused 2. shabby or poor looking 3. commonplace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He would not get rid of the threadbare, old overcourt because it had served him well over the past twenty-five years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   True, our childminder was so concerned by their threadbare garments that she bought them socks for Christmas. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown and bullying: I'd rather work for Mr Angry than a quiet assassin, Rowan Pelling, 24 February 2010.   torpedo [ tawr-PEE-doh  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile designed to detonate on impact or in the vicinity of the target 2. (n.) a device exploded in an oil or gas well to increase the flow 3. (n.) an electric ray (torpedo fish) 4. (tr. v.) to attack or destroy using torpedoes 5. (tr. v.) to undermine or thwart 6. (intr. v.) to sink a ship with torpedoes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The captain of the submarine fired a torpedo at the enemy frigate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Proposals to cut defence jobs linked to testing submarine torpedoes in the Sound of Raasay have been dropped by the Ministry of Defence BBC, Torpedo site job cuts withdrawn, 31 March 2010.   legislature [ LEJ-is-ley-cher ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an officially elected body of people vested with the responsibility and authority to make laws 2. (n.) the branch of government having the authority to make laws   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As a member of the legislature, he wielded a lot of influence in the state.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the Law Lords dealt exclusively with points of law, and it was to the betterment of justice that they were also members of the legislature. The Telegraph, The Supreme Court is an unnecessary attack on the constitution, 1 October 2009.   jocose [ joh-KOHS ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by joking or humorous 2. playful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone at the party was amused by his jocose behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "What I wrote was part of a jocose caricature of ignorant or hostile English views of the Welsh, for which as a whole I retain a deep respect and affection, as my many Welsh friends will testify," Amis declared. The Telegraph, John Summers, 29 August 2008.   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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