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	01-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists firebrand [ FAHYUH R-brand ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a burning piece of wood 2. an inciter, agitator, instigator or mischief-maker   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His use of a firebrand in the protected areas of the forest was criticised by the forest rangers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The protests were called after an Israeli air strike hit the home of Nizar Rayyan, a firebrand leader of Hamas who refused to go into hiding, killing him and members of his family. BBC, Gaza facing 'critical emergency' , 2 January 2009   garnish [ GAHR-nish ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to adorn, embellish or decorate 2. (tr.v.) to embellish food or drink by adding something that enhances its flavour or colour 3. (tr.v.) (law) to garnishee 4. (n.) decoration or embellishment 5. (n.) an embellishment added to enhance the flavour or colour of food or drink   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The food was garnished with a variety of spices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cement dust had been blasted all over the kitchen, where sideplates of soft cheese lay uneaten but garnished with fragments of plaster. Telegraph, Rockets from Lebanon strike an Israeli old people's home, By Tim Butcher in Nahariyya, 08 Jan 2009   imponderable [ im-PON-der-uh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) that which can't be evaluated, measured or determined precisely 2. (n.) one that is imponderable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The imponderable nature of his theory gave rise to a lot of debate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scotland's big imponderable is how many of the country's 40,000 banking staff will lose their jobs. BBC, Recession around the UK, 23 January 2009   foray [ FAWR-ey, FOR-ey ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a raid, plunder or pillage 2. (intr.v.) to pillage or plunder for spoils 3. (intr.v.) to make inroads as for adventure or profit 4. (tr.v.) to pillage, raid or plunder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a victim of ridicule because of his foray into politics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Google's latest foray into the cell phone market is seen by many as the beginnings of the Internet giant's attempts to dominate the industry. CNN, Google's newest Android prepares to battle Apple, Digital Biz ebruary 18, 2009   ghastly [ GAST-lee, GAHST- ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) terrible, horrible or frightful 2. (adj.) bearing a resemblance to a ghost 3. (adj.)very serious or great 4. (adv.) horribly or terribly 5. (adv.) possessing a deathlike quality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His work was termed by the critics to be of a ghastly nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Victoria state Premier John Brumby said Marysville, which has been off-limits since the weekend fires, would remain so because of the likelihood of ghastly sights in the once idyllic town. abcNews, Mass Deaths Feared in Sealed-off Australia Town, By Daniel Munoz, February 11, 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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