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	30-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists perchance [ per-CHANS, -CHAHNS ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. perhaps; possible 2. by chance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Pakistani cricket coach, Bob Woolmer's death was perchance a murder although the police finally stated that he had died of natural causes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They're really doing technical inspections, and if perchance they find something like, you know, a bunch of RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) rounds in somebody's basement, I think it's a no-brainer, said Jack Tomarchio, a senior official in Homeland Security's intelligence division. ABC News, AP: Firefighters Help in War on Terror, By EILEEN SULLIVAN, November 25, 2007   decrepitude [ di-KREP-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   weakness, feebleness, dilapidation or a worn out condition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Decrepitude in old age slows down even the most energetic people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Old City exceeds expectations because of its size, elegance and decrepitude. Telegraph, Lord Hurd: Our man in Havana, by Lord Hurd, 28 Nov 2008   oblation [ o-BLEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the act of offering something to God   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All over the country, people pay oblation to Lord Shiva during the time of Mahashivaratri.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Deokund has an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, popularly known as Dugdheshwar Nath temple, and a sacred tank where devotees and pilgrims in thousands come to offer oblation to Lord Shiva during Mahashivaratri. The Times of India, Few pilgrims visit Deokund, 5 Jun 2003   disconcert [ dis-kuh' n-SURT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. disparage, disturb, or frustrate 2. ruffle, embarrass or perturb   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was disconcerted by her angry remarks about him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The price rises are especially disconcerting because new car sales plunged 11.3pc last year, including 21.2pc in December, as a lack of credit and confidence among consumers struck the market. Telegraph, Ford and Vauxhall to raise prices in UK after sterling's weakness, by Graham Ruddick, 02 Feb 2009   gaucherie [ goh-shuh'-REE; Fr. gohsh-uh-*REE  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. tactlessness or awkwardness 2. a blooper, faux pas or blunder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gaucherie of the captain was likened to that of a village idiot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It rehearses familiar episodes from the showbiz genre: picking a name for the band; the first dismal gigs and the terrible competing acts; the gaucherie of the guys as they meet some real pop stars; the growing rifts and recriminations. Telegraph, That thing Tom does, Quentin Curtis, 25 January 1997   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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