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	15-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists abracadabra [ ab-ruh'-kuh'-DAB-ruh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a magical charm or incantation recited for the purpose of warding off disease or disaster 2. foolish or meaningless talk; gibberish; nonsense   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The word, 'abracadabra' is a favourite among magicians.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We hope the international community are finally realising that you can't just say 'Abracadabra' and produce peace out of a hat. Telegraph, Powell heads east to face Arab wrath, By David Wastell in Washington, Tom Gross in Jerusalem and Philip Smucker in Cairo, 20 Jun 2001   adversary [ AD-ver-ser-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person or group that is an opponent or enemy in a contest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Past adversaries can be future friends to serve mutual commitments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He reportedly views his Israeli counterpart with suspicion, seeing him still as a military adversary rather than a negotiating partner. BBC, Adversaries fail to bond, By Richard Miron in Jerusalem, 18 July, 2000   alias [ EY-lee-uh' s ]   [ noun, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an assumed name used to conceal one's identity 2. (adv.) otherwise known as; also known as   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An alias is used by spies to protect their true identity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Disney first flew over central Florida in an airplane chartered under an alias to keep his mission secret. National Geographic, Beyond Disney, By T. D. Allman, March 2007   concordat [ kon-KAWR-dat ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a compact, formal agreement or covenant 2. an agreement between the pope and a government or sovereign in order to regulate ecclesiastical or church affairs   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No concordat was ever signed between Henry VIII and the Pope.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A three-year council tax freeze was the keystone of a 'concordat' signed by Scottish ministers and Cosla. Telegraph, John Swinney promises Scotland council tax freeze, by Simon Johnson, 17 Oct 2008   demesne [ di-MEYN, -MEEN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. legal possession and use of land as one's own 2. land adjoining a mansion or country house 3. land, occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner 4. a district, territory, state or domain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The landlord's control over his demesne is absolute.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The introduction of 25 large houses into the park and its re-grading as a golf course will adversely impact on the demesne and the setting of the castle itself. BBC, Clarke course plans turned down, 7 February 2007   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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