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	12-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists deluge [ DEL-yooj, -yoozh, DEL-ooj, -oozh, di-LOOJ, -LOOZH ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) flood, heavy downpour or inundation 2. (n.) a overwhelming amount or number 3. (tr.v.) to flood 4. (tr.v.) to overwhelm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People are preparing for the monsoon in advance after last year's deluge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Britain's most remote inhabited isle was yesterday recovering from a seven-hour deluge which redesigned the local landscape. The Herald, Deluge alters remote island's landscape, GAVIN MORGAN   misnomer [ mis-NOH-mer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. naming a person or thing erroneously 2. an unsuitable or inappropriate name or identification   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The name Black box, given to the flight data recorder of an aircraft is in fact a misnomer because it is neither a box nor is it black in colour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Black Box, the Edinburgh International Film Festival's strand devoted to experimental moving images, operates under something of a misnomer. The Herald, Where things aren't just black and white, JACK MOTTRAM, August 24 2007   admonish [ ad-MON-ish ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to caution, warn or gently reprove 2. to counsel or gently advise against something 3. to remind or urge to fulfil a duty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   HE was admonished by his mother about his duty towards his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Narayana reportedly used to admonish Ravi, an idler and alcoholic. The Times of India, Murderer played the innocent, 23 Jan 2008   allay [ uh'-LEY ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to end or lay to rest or to make quiet 2. (tr.v.) to relieve, alleviate or mitigate 3. (intr.v.) to subside   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All his doubts were allayed by the Governor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., sought to allay those worries Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. abcNews, As Banks Teeter Again, Wall St. Looks for Answers, By STEVENSON JACOBS AP Business Writer, January 21, 2009   disseminate [ di-SEM-uh'-neyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to scatter or spread, as though sowing 2. (tr.v.) to promulgate or disperse 3. (intr.v.) to spread or get dispersed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rumours disseminate faster than facts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Internet law professor Michael Geist says the issue of free speech and the power of the net to disseminate comment is far from being resolved in law. BBC, Free speech, libel and the internet age, 31 July 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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