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	26-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists molt [ mohlt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to shed the exoskeleton in order to make way for its renewal 2. (intr.v.) to shed or cast an exoskeleton like feathers, hair or skin in order to make way for the growth of a new one 3. (n.) an act, instant or process of shedding the exoskeleton 4. (n.) the exoskeleton or part of it that has been molted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The snake molted its skin by passing through a small hole in the tree trunk.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Registered hunters are not allowed to kill the seal pups before they molt their downy white fur, typically when they're 10 days to three weeks old. The Times of India, Former Beatle urges to endorse EU seal ban1 Feb 2008   non sequitur [ non SEK-wi-ter, -too' r; Lat. nohn SE-kwi-too' r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a fallacy or a conclusion or inference that is illogical or not derived from the premises 2. a statement that logically does not succeed its predecessor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   This argument is a non sequitur.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Andrew Shouler's related point (Letters, January 12) that the current global recession was caused by government mistakes is a non sequitur. Financial Times, Auto industry failure can lead to an overall decline, by Mr Robert Denham, January 14 2009   patricide [ PA-truh'-sahyd, PEY  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of killing or murdering one's own father 2. one who kills or murders one's own father   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was accused of patricide.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a shocking case of patricide, a Central Public Works Department (CPWD) executive engineer was bludgeoned to death by his 37-year-old son in their Pandav Nagar home in east Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. The Times of India, Unemployed man kills father, held,10 Sep 2006   remonstrate [ ri-MON-streyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reproof or plead or speak in opposition, complaint or protest 2. (intr.v.) to expostulate, object or speak in opposition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He remonstrated the use of violence in his fight for justice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Security camera footage showed how an off-duty fireman, Angus Campbell, remained in the carriage as other passengers fled and remonstrated with the suspected bomber. CNN, Cameras captured 'suicide bomb' panic, January 17, 2007   sinuous [ SIN-yoo-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. winding, serpentine or marked by curves and bends 2. crooked, devious or under-handed 3. complex, complicated or intricate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sinuous path was dangerous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In another few minutes a long sinuous airship appeared high up in the blue black sky, lit up faintly by searchlights BBC, The Home Front in World War One, By Peter Craddick-Adams   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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