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	18-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists cauterise [ KAW-tuh'-rahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to burn, sear or freeze by means of a caustic agent 2. to deaden or render senseless or insensitive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The flesh around the wound was cauterised to minimize pain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The traditional method, which heats tissue to cauterise wounds, can affect the ability to eat and drink for days. BBC, 'Less pain' tonsil ops developed, 21 December, 2003   fancier [ FAN-see-er  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an enthusiast or a person having a liking for something 2. (n.) a person who breeds animals or plants in order to improve their strain 3. (adj.) a greater degree of fancy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a horse fancier and had the largest stud farm in the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The National Homing Union for pigeon fanciers held its first AGM in 1897. BBC, Pigeon girl's quest for fanciers, Peter Jackson, 24 January 2009.   noxious [ NOK-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   harmful to health, mind, or morals   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is extremely disheartening to learn that the Indian government is allowing noxious chemical wastes to be dumped in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, as he had inhaled noxious gases that surrounded the room, he collapsed from the ladder on which he was standing and came crawling to the door. He opened the door and fainted. The Times of India, Man dies after inhaling repellent, 20 Jul 2008   decant [ di-KANT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to pour or transfer (esp. wine) from one vessel to another without disturbing any of the sediments in the liquid 2. to pour or transfer from one vessel or container to another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   This particular wine has been decanted twice to improve the flavour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They were looking for containers, into which they could decant the Black Label and the cognac, leave the empties outside the door, get replenishments, decant those, and so on. The Times of India, The king and I, JUGULAR VEIN/JUG SURAIYA, 10 Apr 2005   falter [ FAWL-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to stumble or move unsteadily 2. (intr.v.) to stammer or speak hesitantly 3. (intr.v.) to waver, be hesitant or lose confidence 4. (n.) unsteadiness 5. (n.) a faltering sound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He faltered but recovered his balance before he fell over.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The financial crisis, brought about by mountains of bad mortgage-related assets, caused banks to falter or fail and lending to dry up and prompted Congress to pass a $700 billion bailout package. The Times of India, No curbs on Wall Street pay despite meltdown, 25 Oct 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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