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	08-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists eviscerate [ v. i-VIS-uh'-reyt; adj. i-VIS-er-it, -uh'-reyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to disembowel or remove or take out entrails from 2. (tr.v.) to remove or deprive of vital or essential organs or parts 3. (tr.v.) to remove some contents of an organ surgically 4. (intr.v.) to protrude through an incision surgically made or through a deep wound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His modus operandi included eviscerating his victims.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This action eviscerates key protections that have helped safeguard and recover endangered fish, wildlife and plants for the past 35 years.' CNN, Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules, From Erika Dimmler, December 12, 2008   eerie [ EER-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   uncanny, so as to cause supernatural fear; weird   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The eerie noise of the door opening and closing was very scary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We got there eventually but in the first half there was an eerie atmosphere about the place and that surprised me BBC, Strachan happy with 'eerie' win, 2 January 2007   ecclesiastical [ i-klee-zee-AS-ti-kuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. churchly, clerical or pertaining to the church or clergy 2. appropriate or suitable for a church   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Ecclesiastical architecture was included into the building's interior design during refurbishment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the application the former church building is described as illustrating a "significant aspect of Jersey's ecclesiastical and social history. BBC, Church could get protected status, 7 November 2008   doddering [ dod-er-ing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   mentally or physically infirm with age; tottering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doddering, old fool was thought to be a madman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is the doddering uncle making rubbish gags at great embarrassment to mum and dad but a huge delight to the children. Telegraph, Basil Brush: The un-PC punchline that went boom boom, Bryony Gordon, 20 Mar 2008   affront [ uh'-FRUHNT ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to insult intentionally and openly 2. (n.) an offence to one's dignity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It does not take much to be affronted by the vicious gossip that is being spread around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The judge said Nifong's withholding of DNA evidence from defense attorneys was an affront to the integrity of the judicial system. CNN, Nifong held in criminal contempt by judge, sentenced to day in jail   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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