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	31-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists abeyance [ uh'-BEY-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. suspension, cessation or postponement 2. (law) a condition or state where ownership of an estate isn't established or determined   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Abeyance of his death sentence was seen in a negative light.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With Saturday's crucial match looming, both sides have put the dispute in abeyance for 48 hours. Telegraph, Wasps' players in contract stand-off, by Brendan Gallagher, 19 Dec 2008   adjunct [ AJ-uh'ngkt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an appendage or one that is added as an auxiliary or secondary addition 2. (n.) an assistant, subordinate or a person in a secondary or auxiliary position 3. (n.) a secondary or auxiliary word 4. (adj.) attached, joined or connected in an auxiliary or secondary manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the adjuncts in his will were read out.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Food should be part and parcel of education and not just an adjunct to it BBC, School meals 'task force' created, 11 December 2008   apogee [ Ap-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite at which it is farthest from the earth 2. the farthest or highest point, the apex   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a static in communications as the satellite neared the apogee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chinese tea culture has reached its apogee. National Geographic, Sky Show Friday: Biggest, Brightest Full Moon of 2008, Andrew Fazekas, December 11, 2008   buxom [ BUHK-suh' m ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of a woman) healthily plump and ample of figure 2. (of a woman) full bosomed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The opera singer, a buxom lady, was a celebrity in Europe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jayaram Jayalalitha, India: To her fans, she's the "Mother Goddess of the World," a buxom former starlet turned politician who has the ability to bring down the national government. abcNews, Actor-Politicians Across the World, By Leela Jacinto, Feb. 23   abysmal [ uh'-BIZ-muh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1.very bad, 2.severe or wretched unfathomable, profound or bottomless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The abysmal performance of the team was criticised.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A leading Aslef official claimed trains travelling through the main line tunnel into Wales had to slow down, signals were worse and tracks were "abysmal". BBC, MPs told Severn Tunnel is 'hole', 25 November 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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