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	23-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists blemish [ BLEM-ish  ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to tarnish or mar by a flaw 2. (tr. v.) to impair, destroy or lessen the perfection of 3. (n.) a flaw or defect 5. (n.) a mark that impairs or spoils the appearance of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her pretty face was blemished by a severe case of acne.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She was turned loose after they refused to believe she had been forced to work on her grandmother's farm because her hands were "without blemish or calluses". The Telegraph, Girl who fled forced prostitution in Cameroon failed by social workers, 1 Apr 2010.   misconstrue [ mis-KON-stroo or, mis-kuh' n-STROO ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to not understand the true meaning; to misinterpret   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Pakistan should not misconstrue India's civilized response to the Mumbai terror attacks as a sign of weakness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People should not misconstrue this as the price to be paid for speaking out within the Pentagon, Morrell said. ABC News, Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief, ROBERT BURNS, March 11, 2008   athwart [ uh'-THWAWRT ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) to oppose or obstruct perversely or wrongly 2. (adv.) from side to side, crosswise or transversely 3. (pre.) across 4. (pre.) contrary to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was furious with the decision and worked athwart to overthrow it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Pinedale mesa not only sits athwart the migration corridor but also overlies the Pinedale anticline, a sandstone formation containing trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. National Geographical, Demand for natural gas and the resulting land-use pressures are pitting America's Old West against the New, by John G. Mitchell   pandemonium [ pan-duh'-MOH-nee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. noisy and wild confusion or uproar 2. a place of utter chaos or unruly uproar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was mass pandemonium as the gunman opened fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was mass pandemonium, people running, Kelly told The Associated Press. "One officer -- the first into the classroom -- told me he could still smell gunpowder." CNN, Police: Female student kills 2 others, self at Louisiana college, February 8, 2008   alacrity [ uh'-LAK-ri-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. promptness, eagerness or cheerful readiness 2. briskness, celerity or liveliness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The alacrity with which the decision was taken was surprising.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   America's long-drawn-out presidential contest, diplomats believe, has given Putin an opportunity he has seized with alacrity. CNN, Putin seeks a role on world stage, By Robin Oakley, European political editor, November 29, 2000   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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