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	11-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists medley [ MED-lee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) heterogeneous mixture, hodgepodge or a jumbled assortment 2. (n.) a mixture of songs obtained from varied sources and played together in continuum 3. (n.) mingled, jumbled or mixed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The medley required work before it could be presented before an audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The scenery, especially in the north, is considered the most spectacular in South Africa, a sublime medley of rugged peaks, scarps, pinnacles, forest, waterfalls and rivers. Telegraph, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa: One-minute wonder, By Tim Jepson, 20 Feb 2009   lope [ lohp ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to run with steady strides 2. (n.) an effortless pace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He loped towards the ice-cream shop as he knew that the shop would shut for the day any minute.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Close by, some giraffes lope past, and the wildebeest are grazing by the watering hole. BBC, Rhinos where you least expect them, Sarah Mukherjee , 26 April 2008   solstice [ SOL-stis, SOHL- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a furthermost point of the sun from the celestial equator 2. a point of culmination or a turning point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The summer solstice is a time of merry-making.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The trouble with the holiday on July 4th is that it comes barely a fortnight after the summer solstice. The Economist, Fireworks, Jul 6th 2007   eloquence [ EL-uh-kwuh ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a discourse or speech that is forceful and persuasive in nature 2. fluent, articulate and apt use of a language 3. the quality of powerful, forceful or persuasive expression   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her eloquence was admired by her followers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Madison papers have very few moments of eloquence." abcNEWS, Lynne Cheney Plans James Madison Biography, December 16, 2008   chattel [ CHAT-l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a slave or bondman 2. an object or article among one's movable personal property   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The chattel followed his overlord to London.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They had occupied his people's land, and in his words made them a "race of no rights beyond those of chattel." CNN, Mugabe: Africa's 'lasting connection'?, By CNN's Charlayne Hunter-Gault, March 13, 2002   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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