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	10-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists abash [ uh'-BASH ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to disconcert, embarrass or make queasy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was abashed by her candid questions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I moved on, abashed, angry, and confused. Telegraph, Auld acquaintance – or a new con trick? , By Michael Simkins , 02 Jan 2009   advent [ AD-vent ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the arrival or coming 2. the period before Christmas, that includes four Sundays preceding it, which is considered by Christians as a time to pray and fast 3. the coming or birth of Jesus Christ at the incarnation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The advent of the information age was welcomed by the developing world.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In all the days of advent until Christmas day and from then on until 12th night - the season wherein his birth is celebrated - I have been giving him, and will yet give him, much thought. says Clive James BBC, Lest we forget, Jesus the man, 26 December 2008   athwart [ uh'-THWAWRT ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) to oppose or obstruct perversely or wrongly 2. (adv.) from side to side, crosswise or transversely 3. (pre.) across 4. (pre.) contrary to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was furious with the decision and worked athwart to overthrow it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Pinedale mesa not only sits athwart the migration corridor but also overlies the Pinedale anticline, a sandstone formation containing trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. National Geographical, Demand for natural gas and the resulting land-use pressures are pitting America's Old West against the New, by John G. Mitchell   carte blanche [ KAHRT BLANCH, BLAHNCH; Fr. Kar*t BLAHN*SH ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. unconditional authority 2. unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion 3. a blank paper with a person's signature, etc, at the bottom, given to another person with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She gave her brother carte blanche to do as he pleased in the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Being a free agent is exciting, rewarding and gives you carte blanche to choose your own hours and assignments. CNN, Seven easy steps to a freelance life, From Kate Lorenz, April 2, 2007   abnegation [ AB-ni-gey-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. self denial in favour of the interests of others 2.the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children were taught the value of abnegation from a young age.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   First-half goals from Danny Invincibile and Gary Wales went unanswered and, in an abnegation of responsibility, home manager Valdas Ivanauskas refused to attend the post-match press conference. Telegraph, Novo notches a rare winner for weary Rangers, by Ewing Grahame, 23 Oct 2006   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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