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	05-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists detonation [ det-n-EY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an explosion 2. the act of blowing up or exploding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Before the detonation of the explosives, the workers had to evacuate the danger zone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A council spokesman said the area should re-open as planned following the controlled detonation on Tuesday afternoon. BBC, Live mine detonated at Daedalus, 3 October 2006.   perforate [ v. PUR-fuh'-reyt; adj. PUR-fer-it  ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to penetrate or pierce 2. (tr. v.) to make a hole or holes by boring or punching 3. (intr. v.) to make a way through or into something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The counterfoil was perforated so as to make it easier to tear.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Investigators found the metal support structure had perforated the concrete, causing it to split and fall in. BBC, Paris inquiry spotlights concrete, 6 July, 2004.   encapsulate [ en-KAP-suh'-leyt, -syoo'- ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to enclose or encase as though in a capsule 2. (tr.v.) to condense, summarise or epitomise 3. (intr.v.) to get encapsulated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A person would be encapsulated in the escape pod for safety purposes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the first document to attempt to encapsulate a common vision of rights and freedoms for all human beings. BBC, World marks UN Human Rights Day, 10 December 2008, accessed 9 July 2009   cede [ seed ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to surrender or yield 2. to grant or transfer to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The King ceded a small part of his territory to put an end to the onslaught of the invaders.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If that flawed government falls, the vacuum it leaves would cede power to the Taliban and dangerously de-stabilise Pakistan, bringing to an end its hunting down of insurgents. The Telegraph, In Afghanistan hope starts here, down a dirt track on the edge of Taliban country, Mary Riddell, 23 November 2009.   euphony [ YOO-fuh'-nee  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an agreeable sound or the pleasing effect of a succession of words to the ear 2. agreeableness in the phonetic quality of words 3. a pleasant or harmonious combination of sounds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crowd went wild over the euphony of the lyrics at the open air concert.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "It's not exactly a word one hears every day, but, as a term to describe dog-tiredness it has a pleasing euphony. The Telegraph, Jeremy Paxman angers Scots with attack on Robert Burns, Stephen Adams, 14 August 2008.   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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