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	10-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists exoneration [ ig-ZON-uh'-rey-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. vindication, clearing or justification from censure or blame 2. the condition of being relieved or freed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His exoneration was a matter of national debate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pakistan Cricket Board may face a tough time in its efforts to defend the exoneration of fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in a doping offence The Times of India, Dope issue: Tough time ahead for PCB, 22 Dec 2006   disingenuous [ dis-in-JEN-yoo-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. calculating, not sincere or candid 2. sly or misleading   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His disingenuous dealings led him to be labelled a criminal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As befits a strategic initiative of profound consequence, the proposed Indo-US nuclear agreement had a tremendous sense of national involvement, even if some of the positions taken were disingenuous. The Times of India, Breach of trust, Swapan Dasgupta, 21 Oct 2007   rebate [ n.REE-beyt; v. REE-beyt, ri-BEYT ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the return or refund of a part 2. (n.) a deduction from the total amount to be paid 3. (tr. v.) to deduct or return some of the payment 4. (tr. v.) to lessen 5. (intr. v.) to allow for a discount   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To get rid of excess stock the supermarket offered a rebate on all purchases which were over a thousand rupees.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Campaigners said that the axing of the rebate had been bad news for the British economy, because little had been won in return. The Telegraph, Tony Blair's decision to cut the EU rebate cost £9.3billion, report shows, Christopher Hope, 9 November 2009.   diorama [ dahy-uh'-RAM-uh', -RAH-muh'  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. three-dimensional exhibit housed in a cubicle and viewed through an aperture 2. a three-dimensional scene reproduced by placing objects in front of a painted background   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The project for the week was to build a diorama in a shoe box.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are now devoting their efforts -- and all "Joelanta" proceeds -- toward building a permanent toy and diorama museum in Atlanta, in honor of a collector who died at age 17. CNN, For devoted collectors, 'G.I. Joe' is a way of life, Henry Hanks, 6 August 2009.   marmoset [ MAHR-muh'-zet, -set ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a monkey belonging to the family Callithricidae, native to Central and South America, with clawed digits, soft furry hair and long tails   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some marmoset species are endangered and hunting them is banned throughout Central and South America.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite the alarm the fist-sized marmoset was well-behaved and snuggled up in the man's arms during the flight from Lima, Peru, to New York. Mirror, Why a jet went ape, 9 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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