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	31-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists acclaim [ uh'-KLEYM ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to applaud or praise joyfully 2. (tr. v.) to declare with joyous approval 3. (intr. v.) to make welcome with shouts of praise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The book was acclaimed to be a best seller.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But in Brownland all is going well for the Government, a grateful people acclaim Mr Brown and it is the Opposition which is in desperate trouble. The Telegraph, Brownland - a strange country where Gordon Brown is still doing well, Andrew Gimson, 11 November 2009.   verity [ VER-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. truth, actuality or reality 2. a belief or principle that is inevitably and eternally true   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The verity of the documents was brought into question.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We proceeded on the verity that the reader is not some unidimensional, independent entity. the Times of India, The reader rules, Bachi Karkaria, 23 Dec 2003   discrete [ di-SKREET ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. separate or distinct 2. discontinuous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A discrete agency is required to deal with these problems.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Any veteran in the UK who suffers from ill-health as a result of their service is compensated through the War Pensions and Armed Forces occupational pension scheme, regardless of the existence of Gulf War Syndrome as a discrete pathological entity. BBC, Help urged for Gulf War veterans, 17 November 2008   amphitheater [ AM-fuh'-thee-uh'-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an oval shaped building having tiers of seats around a central open area or stage 2. (n.) an arena in ancient Rome used for gladiator fights 2. (n.) a stadium   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An ultra modern amphitheatre was being built for the Olympic Games.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rome is calling for international sponsors to help fund the restoration of the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre's crumbling facade The Telegraph, Rome's Colosseum needs urgent restoration work, Nick Squires, 15 Sepember 2009.   gentry [ JEN-tree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. people who are well-born and well-bred 2. those who are in a class below nobility but are entitled to own large tracts of land and a coat of arms 3. the state of being a gentleman   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Only gentry were allowed to promenade in the garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Take the Highland Clearances of the mid-19th century, when peasant farmers were evicted from estates of the landed gentry, to make way for sheep farms and deer forests. BBC, How men in grey suits changed the world, 5 March 2010.   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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