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	27-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demeanour [ di-MEE-ner ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. behaviour, bearing or conduct 2. facial expression   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His demeanour was appreciated by his superior.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I can see from your demeanour you are afraid of custody. Sheriff Liddle told Steven Finlayson. Telegraph, SNP plans to scrap prison sentences under six months condemned by sheriff, by Auslan Cramb, 23 Jan 2009   desolate [ adj. DES-uh'-lit; v. DES-uh'-leyt ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) uninhabited or deserted 2. (adj.) devastated, dilapidated or barren 3. ()adj. dismal, gloomy or wretched 4. (tr.v.) to abandon, depopulate or rid of residents 5. (tr.v.) to devastate or make uninhabitable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The desolate looks on the faces of the servants was a sign of their loyalty to their employer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We took the bus partway to the colony, and had to take a rickshaw to approach the desolate area. CNN, Student vows to bring desks to India school, By Kimberly Lewkowitz, August 22, 2008   descant [ n., adj. DES-kant; v. des-KANT, dis- ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the highest part that is sung in part music 2. (n.) a song or melody 3. (n.) a discussion or discourse on a subject 4. (adj.) highest member in a family of musical instruments 5. (intr.v.) to comment at great length   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Amateurs find it hard to master the descant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As this exhibition unfolds, Donatello's art sings out like a descant. Telegraph, Donatello's depth of vision, Serena Davies, 10 Nov 2004   abstract [ AB-strakt, ab-STRAKT ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) considered apart from concrete realities, specific objects or actual instances 2. (adj.) depending solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation 3. (n.) a statement summarizing the important points of a text, scientific article, document, speech etc 4. (tr.v.) to take away or remove without permission   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Abstract art is often misunderstood as it falls beyond the norms of traditional art.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These include famous portraits of Byron, Mary Queen of Scots and Winston Churchill alongside unfamiliar landscapes, abstract works and specially commissioned pieces. Telegraph, BBC to put all 200,000 publicly owned paintings online, By Urmee Khan, Digital and Media Correspondent, 28 Jan 2009   affiliate [ v. uh'-FIL-ee-eyt; n. uh'-FIL-ee-it, -eyt  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a branch organization or a subsidiary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The college in our town is affiliated to the biggest university in the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Wal-Mart's Japanese affiliate, Seiyu, has reported growing losses and revealed that it may use Wal-Mart branding for new store openings. BBC, Wal-Mart affiliate Seiyu suffers, 18 August 2005   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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