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	29-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists adulation [ AJ-uh'-ley shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. slavish praise, devotion, flattery or applause 2. intense admiration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The actor loved to receive the adulation of his fans.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As soon as Sachin Tendulkar makes eye contact with one, they will all expect it, and he will be trapped in adulation. Telegraph, Sachin Tendulkar, the gracious god who lifts his people out of pit of despair, by Simon Hughes, 18 Dec 2008   bevy [ BEV-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an assemblage or collection 2. a group   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The advertisement for the pageant stated that a bevy of beauties would walk the ramp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bevy of judges then attended the traditional Lord Chancellor's breakfast in the Great Hall in the Houses of Parliament. The Telegraph, New Supreme Court opens with media barred, 1 October 2009.   idle [ AHYD-l  ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) inactive or doing nothing or not in use 2. (adj.) unemployed or not working 3. (adj.) of no real significance or importance 2. (n.) the state of being inactive 3. (v.) to loiter or to pass time doing nothing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His days of idle leisure were over when he was arrested.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Obama administration wants to buy and prepare the idle prison in Thomson, Illinois, to house many of the remaining Guantanamo detainees, who number about 190. CNN, Boehner: Moving Gitmo prisoners to U.S. 'makes no sense', 14 March 2010.   marsupial [ mahr-SOO-pee-uh'l  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) any viviparous, non-placental mammal of the order Marsupialia 2. (adj.) pertaining to, resembling or having a marsupium or pouch for it young   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The kangaroo is classified as a marsupial.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Marsupials rear their young in pouches. BBC, Sci/Tech- The making of the marsupials, 2 December 1998.   raison d'être [ REY-zohn DE-truh'; Fr. R*e-zawn* DE-tr*uh* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the purpose of living; the reason to exist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In today's mechanized warfare, mounted cavalry has lost its raison d'être.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Act introduced the 'Three Fs' in an attempt to destroy the raison d'être of the Land League. BBC, The Anglo-Irish Question, Part 2: 845 - 1900, 5th August 2005   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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