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	22-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fawn [  fawn ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an unweaned young deer 2. (n.) a yellowish, pale brown 3. (adj.) light yellowish-brown 4. (intr.v.) to attempt to please 5. (intr.v.) to gain favour by means of flattery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He showed us the photograph of a fawn and told us he had taken the picture.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A six-legged fawn recovering at a clinic in Georgia (US) after sustaining minor injuries from two dogs. The Times of India, A six-legged deer, 29 Jul 2008   consensus [ kuh'n-SEN-suh's ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a general agreement 2. harmony of opinion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They were unable to reach a consensus even after discussing the matter at length.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As head of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, Thune runs the weekly strategy session where all Senate Republicans try to find consensus on the best way to challenge President Obama and the Democratic majority. CNN, 'Regular guy' Thune is hot commodity in GOP circles, Dana Bash, 11 November 2009   codicil [ KOD-uh'-suh'l  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a supplement containing an addition, explanation or modification to a will 2. any supplement or appendix 3. a legal change made in a will   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The billionaire had a codicil drawn up disowning his son-in-law and specifying the amount originally set aside for him to be given to charity instead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Meanwhile, I'm drawing up a codicil to my will that states my older son gets the gold sequined pheasant, and my younger the silver owl. The Telegraph, Forget the family silver –who gets the festive fairy? Rowan Pelling, 16 December 2009.   leash [ leesh  ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) strap attached to the collar or harness of an animal 2. (n.) a restraint or control 3. (n.) a threesome or a group of three 4. (tr. v.) to restrain or control 5. (tr. v.) to connect, associate or bind together   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When walking the dog in the park, he always kept it on a short leash.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pit bull terrier was not on a leash at the time of the attack. BBC, Woman badly bitten in dog attack, 8 March 2004.   mendicant [ MEN-di-kuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a beggar; pauper 2.(n.) a member of a religious order who collects alms for a living and is forbidden to own any property or wealth 3. (adj.) begging; subsisting on alms   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sheer number of mendicants in the city was depressing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To delay its repayments may send the wrong signal to the capital markets, it fears, suggesting that Thailand is a mendicant country unable to carry its debts. The Economist, Debt freeze for the tsunami-hit countries, Jan 12th 2005   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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