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	02-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists constrict [ kuh' n-STRIKT ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to compress, squeeze or clamp 2. (tr.v.) to inhibit, restrict or stultify 3. (intr.v.) to get constricted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company profits were constricted because of petty in-fighting between the company's board of directors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Airbus A330-200 has a "rudder limiter" which constricts how much the rudder - which is attached to the vertical stabilizer - can move at high speeds. Telegraph, Air France crash: Investigators recover 29 bodies in total, 09 Jun 2009   quibble [ KWIB-uh' l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to avoid or try to escape the truth by raising petty and irrelevant objections 2. (intr. v.) to criticise or bicker for trivial reasons 3. (n.) an evasion from the truth or relevant point 4. (n.) a petty objection or unnecessary criticism   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   With the economy in a deep recession, this is no time for the national leadership to quibble over petty and trivial issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Be flexible with the vendor and don't quibble over minor points. BBC, Buying a property - Advice for first-time buyers, on viewing, putting in an offer and the dangers of gazumping   acclimate [ AK-luh'-meyt, uh'-KLAHY-mit ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to adapt or get accustomed to 2. (intr.v.) to conform, adjust or adapt to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It took some time to get acclimated to the climate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Michelle Obama is bucking that mind-set in deciding to take time off from her career to focus on getting her children acclimated to life in the White House. CNN, Commentary: Michelle Obama is reinventing the stay-at-home mom, By Jolene Ivey, November 25, 2008   overt [ oh-VURT, OH-vurt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   not concealed or hidden; open and observable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His overt hostility to his women colleagues hinted at him being a misogynist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Our current research suggests the same pattern: No more than a quarter of these churches engage in any overt political activity. Washington Post, Megachurch and State,Scott Thumma, July 27, 2008   accretion [ uh'-KREE-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition 2. slow increase to land by action of natural forces 3. something contributing to this process   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Accretion in the company size showed that the company was making a profit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the core accretion model, planets form little by little, as material slowly congeals within the disc over millions of years. BBC, Water pours on young star system, 30 August 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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