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	26-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists absolve [ ab-ZOLV, -SOLV ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to acquit, set free or pronounce as free of blame or guilt 2. to forgive, pardon or remit 3. to release from responsibility or duty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was absolved of all wrongdoing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All of which doesn't absolve Yahoo of its failure to notify your fiance of his flight changes. CNN, Spirit is gone -- and so is my money, By Christopher Elliott, December 11, 2008   vagabond [ VAG-uh'-bond ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who travels from place to place and has no permanent home 2. a worthless or irresponsible person 3. (adj.) nomadic or wandering without settling anywhere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   If you want to see the world travel in style, not like a vagabond.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Such bone-headed incompetence was a great pity because Davies' revival has a wonderful vagabond spirit to it. The Telegraph, Twelfth Night, at Said Business School - review, Dominic Cavendish, 21 July 2009.   lode [ lohd  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. vein-like metalliferous deposit 2. a rich source of supply   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The geologists said that the lode was so vast that it could be mined for several lifetimes without getting exhausted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Professor David James has also finished the mapping of the lodes in the Dylife area and has recently been engaged in exploring and mapping the major lode belt to the north. BBC, Mining in the Dylife area: Part 2, 29 October 2008.   exhaustive [ ig-ZAWS-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   thorough, detailed, comprehensive and not overlooking any aspects   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His exhaustive search failed to find the information he wanted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Italian intellectual Magris's poetic river trip offers a portrait of Central Europe that's both exhaustive and energizing. National Geographic Traveler, Ultimate Travel Library—Eastern Europe   emancipate [ i-MAN-suh'-peyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to free from restraint or bondage 2. to be free from parental control   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many bonded labourers were emancipated because of pressure exerted on manufacturers by the international community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This liberal-minded tsar emancipated the serfs and, for his troubles, was assassinated by a terrorist bomb. The Telegraph, St Petersburg: A city of history, romance and adventure - Russia Now, Alexander Melikhov, 27 August 2009.   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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