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	06-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists absolve [ ab-ZOLV, -SOLV ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to acquit, set free or pronounce as free of blame or guilt 2. to forgive, pardon or remit 3. to release from responsibility or duty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was absolved of all wrongdoing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All of which doesn't absolve Yahoo of its failure to notify your fiance of his flight changes. CNN, Spirit is gone -- and so is my money, By Christopher Elliott, December 11, 2008   adulation [ AJ-uh'-ley shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. slavish praise, devotion, flattery or applause 2. intense admiration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The actor loved to receive the adulation of his fans.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As soon as Sachin Tendulkar makes eye contact with one, they will all expect it, and he will be trapped in adulation. Telegraph, Sachin Tendulkar, the gracious god who lifts his people out of pit of despair, by Simon Hughes, 18 Dec 2008   arrant [ AR-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   without moderation, unmitigated, extreme   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His arrant lifestyle caused his downfall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nicola Sturgeon, the deputy first minister, rejected the Treasury's claims as "arrant nonsense" Telegraph, Experts warn Alex Salmond over tax, by Simon Johnson, 14 Apr 2008   aghast [ uh'-GAST, uh'-GAHST ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   shocked, amazed, terrified or horrified   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her aghast expression indicated she did not know about the accident.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The court was so aghast by the fact that NHAI has seen five chairmen in the past two-and-a-half years that it recommended that a law be enacted to ensure that heads of public enterprises have fixed tenures of 3 to 5 years. The Times of India, Ministry delaying highways: HC, Abhinav Garg & Dipak Kumar Dash, 19 December 2008   allay [ uh'-LEY ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to end or lay to rest or to make quiet 2. (tr.v.) to relieve, alleviate or mitigate 3. (intr.v.) to subside   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All his doubts were allayed by the Governor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., sought to allay those worries Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. abcNews, As Banks Teeter Again, Wall St. Looks for Answers, By STEVENSON JACOBS AP Business Writer, January 21, 2009   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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