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	27-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ursine [ ur-SAHYN  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bearlike 2. pertaining to a bear 3. characteristic of bears   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The safari guide told us to stick together as anyone who got separated from the tour group would be in danger of being mauled by an ursine inhabitant of that area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It would be a shame to see any increase in tourism that was generated by the appeal of these new MacYogis being offset by a periodic cull of hapless sightseers being turned into ursine lunches The Telegraph, Wild ideas, 28 February 2010.   enzyme [  EN-zahym ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   any of the various proteins or conjugated proteins that are produced by living organisms and functioning as catalysts for various biochemical reactions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The enzyme, once released into the bloodstream, could cause death within an hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fruit's juice blocked a key enzyme that normally breaks down ethinylestradiol, the form of oestrogen in the contraceptive. Telegraph, Grapefruit linked to blood clot risk, 03 Apr 2009   quandary [ KWON-duh'-ree, -dree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a state of doubt or uncertainty; dilemma   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was in a state of quandary, whether to pursue higher education overseas or in his own country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That is the quandary facing Celtic after the list of their potential last-16 opponents was completed this week. The Herald, Celtic prepared to beat the best, By MARTIN GREIG, December 14 2007   collage [ kuh'-LAHZH, koh- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an artistic composition of various materials (as paper, cloth or wood) pasted over a surface often with unifying lines and colour 2. a film that presents a series of seemingly unrelated scenes in rapid succession without transitions 3. the art or technique of creating such compositions 4. an occurrence of diverse elements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For the college festival, a collage was prepared by the students depicting unity in diversity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are part collage with actual objects strung in the web and part painted images. BBC, Artists' Quarter   dormant [ DAWR-muh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. inactive or sleeping 2. latent or inoperative 3. in a state or biological rest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The dormant volcano was the biggest tourist attraction on the island.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nurseries commonly sell "bare-root" plants--dormant trees, shrubs, cane berries and, sometimes, perennials with the soil removed from their roots--in winter and early spring. CNN, Think ugly when buying winter plants, By Warren Schultz, December 6, 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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