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	06-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists acidulous [ uh'-SIJ-uh'-luh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. somewhat sour in taste or manner 2. moderately tart or caustic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The drink was acidulous and was pink in colour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Nose is a blast of acidulous fun, with a superb libretto (Gogol's story), begging for a British staging. Telegraph, London dances to Russia's tunes, Ismene Brown, 14 Jul 2006   epithet [ EP-uh'-thet ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a term that is applied to characterize something or someone 2. a contemptuous or abusive word or phrase 3. a title or name used to describe someone   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She hated the epithet of being a beauty with no brains.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She is an Oscar-winner, national treasure and role model for 'real women' everywhere, but Kate Winslet wonders why she is not known by another epithet: working class hero. Telegraph, Kate Winslet: Don't call me middle class, By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor, 29 Apr 2009   clime [ klahym  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. climate 2. weather   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When the temperature dropped, the ducks would migrate to a warmer clime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Often working in austere conditions, a good tash has proved essential in maintaining the stiff upper lip, and north Helmand in the current clime is no exception." BBC, Hirsute marines compete for glory, Caroline Wyatt, 24 December 2007.   overwrought [ OH-ver-RAWT, oh-ver- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely nervous or excited 2. extremely fatigued or over-worked 3. very elaborate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The overwrought employee fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Where Coldplay once showcased frontman Chris Martin's straight-ahead sensitive-guy-with-a-broken-heart lyrics and his fragile and overwrought falsetto, the 31-year-old tabloid fave is writing more obliquely here about death and God, love and war, loss and fulfillment. Washington Post, Coldplay Gets Warmer With 'Viva', J.Freedom du lac, June 17, 2008   allude [ uh'-LOOD ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to refer to indirectly or casually 2. to contain an indirect or casual reference to something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She alluded the fact that she was related to the CEO.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As in Philadelphia, Obama alluded to, but did not name, the president who inspired his train journey. CNN, Obama to crowds: 'I love you back', January 17, 2009   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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