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	26-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ad valorem [ ad vuh'-LAWR-uh'm, -LOHR-  ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) in proportion to the value, used especially of taxes on goods that are fixed at a percentage of the value 2. (adv.) in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An ad valorem tax is the need of the hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The specific excise duty, which would be in addition to the existing ad valorem duty of 24 per cent, would come into force with immediate effect. The Times of India, Govt slaps additional duty on fuel guzzling cars, 13 Jun 2008   affectation [ af-ek-TEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   behaviour that is artificial rather than natural; an effort to attract notice by pretence or any assumed peculiarity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Affectations are often employed by people in social gatherings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems a growing awareness of the damage caused by the sun has helped make an old-fashioned affectation hip again. abcNews, Sun Block: Parasols As Modern Accessory, By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer, April 7, 2008   alter ego [ AWL-ter EE-goh, eg-oh, AL- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. another aspect of one's self; a second self 2. an inseparable friend or a constant companion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sydney Sheldon used the concept of alter ego in a few of his novels.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne has apparently been killed off in the latest issue of the superhero comic. BBC, Comic Batman reaches end of road, 28 November 2008   altruism [ AL-troo-iz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   unselfish regard or devotion to the welfare of others; selflessness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Altruism may not always be well received.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Recent research includes work on gestures and language as well as selfishness versus altruism in chimpanzees. National Geographic, The Thinking Chimp: How to Help, March 2008   deadpan [ DED-pan ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) blank or expressionless 2. (n.) a face displaying no expression or emotion 3. (tr.v.) to express oneself without any expression or impassively   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His deadpan expression was in contrast with his eyes which seemed to be display anger.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The films he's written and directed, however, show the most inventive side of Albert Brooks -- his distinctive, neurotically deadpan sense of humor. CNN, The funniest man in most of the world, By Todd Leopold, January 19, 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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