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	18-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists advent [ AD-vent ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the arrival or coming 2. the period before Christmas, that includes four Sundays preceding it, which is considered by Christians as a time to pray and fast 3. the coming or birth of Jesus Christ at the incarnation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The advent of the information age was welcomed by the developing world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In all the days of advent until Christmas day and from then on until 12th night - the season wherein his birth is celebrated - I have been giving him, and will yet give him, much thought. says Clive James BBC, Lest we forget, Jesus the man, 26 December 2008   contrite [ kuh' n-TRAHYT, KON-trahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   penitent, showing remorse or repentant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was sad and contrite after her punishment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Director of Hanwei Eggs was contrite. "We solemnly apologize to consumers," said Han Wei. CNN, Melamine scandal spreads to Chinese eggs, Tim Lister, November 3, 2008   incognito [ in-kog-NEE-toh ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) with a disguise or having one's identity hidden 2. (n.) a person who has his identity concealed 3. (n.) the state of being in disguise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The celebrity said that she travelled incognito to avoid being mobbed by fans.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Prince William is said to wear a moustache and a flat cap when he wants to go incognito. The Telegraph, Prince Harry wears Rastafarian disguise to go out in public unnoticed, 23 August 2009.   bluster [ BLUHS-ter  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to bully or accomplish by a highhanded manner 2. (intr. v.) to make noisy menaces or employ a loud, arrogant or bullying manner 3. (intr. v.) to blow in loud, violent gusts or to roar and be tumultuous 4. (n.) loud, arrogant talk with empty threats 5. (n.) a strong gusty wind   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He blustered his way to the head of the queue and was the first to board the bus.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even trauma has been reduced to television drama; once the scenes are played out, our bluster slowly splutters into silence. CNN, Mumbai attack survivor: 'It's like a dead man living', Harmeet Shah Singh and Mallika Kapur, 26 November 2009.   quatrain [ KWO-treyn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a poem or a stanza made of four lines of verse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   William Blake's quatrain, The Tiger's popularity has proved to be enduring, particularly among adolescents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mary was encouraged by her father to write stories and her 39 quatrain reworking of Charles Dibdin's five-stanza song Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by her father's Godwin Juvenile Library in 1808. BBC, Mary Shelley - The Formative Years, 26th October 2007   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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