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	24-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nomadic [ noh-MAD-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. migratory, itinerant or wandering aimlessly from place to place 2. characteristic of, pertaining to or related to nomads   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They lived a nomadic existence in the deserts of Arabia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A minority nomadic group in Kenya is set to have their own MP for the first time after a historic court ruling. BBC News, Landmark ruling for Kenya nomads, 19 December 2006   pastiche [ pa-STEESH, pah- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a work of art that is intended to imitate the style of or work done previously by another artist 2. a hodgepodge, potpourri or a mixture of incongruous or jumbled parts or elements   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A painter was busy painting a pastiche at the museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Occasional bold strokes are all the more effective, such as the pastiche of stuffed game densely populating the three walls encasing the forest housing the dragon's lair. abcNEWS, Wagner's `Siegfried` in Vienna a treat, by GEORGE JAHN,April 27, 2008   synthetic [ sin-THET-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or involving synthesis 2. (adj.) (chemistry) pertaining to substances or materials that are synthesized artificially 3. (adj.) not genuine, fake, bogus or artificial 4. (n.) a material or substance that has been synthesized artificially   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The synthetic fabric was cheaper than cotton.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Controversial US scientist Craig Venter claimed to have constructed a synthetic chromosome using chemicals made from the laboratory, a step towards the creation of first new artificial life form on Earth. The Times of India, Synthetic chromosome developed, 6 Oct 2007   vernal [ VUR-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to, suggestive of or occurring in spring 2. youthful and fresh   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some vernal flowers have five petals.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 119 extant species include sweet vernal grass. BBC, Darwin's steps map flower changes, by Louisa Cheung, 21 July 2006   quintessence [ kwin-TES-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the essence of a substance or thing that is in its purest form 2. an embodiment, representative or an instance in the most pure or perfect form 3. the fifth essence or element that in medieval history was believed to be latent in celestial or heavenly bodies   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The quintessence of the story was lost in translation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Time has lent Jean Renoir's film an extra dimension, but it always seemed the quintessence of art. Telegraph, The 100 best films - documentary and world cinema, 12 Dec 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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