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	12-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists brackish [ BRAK-ish ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. salty, saline or briny 2. nauseating, repulsive or distasteful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The brackish nature of the water made it impossible to drink.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The resident of seasonal brackish and freshwater ponds was found in just one pool in the New Forest until it was discovered at Caerlaverock four years ago during a particularly wet August. Telegraph, Tadpole shrimp, the oldest living species, re-emerges after wet summer, 28 Aug 2008   bicameral [ bahy-KAM-er-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having or composed of two legislative branches or houses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The newly democratic country decided to have a bicameral legislature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The moderate republicans struck back and, in 1794-5, established a new executive (the Directoire) under a new constitution and a bicameral legislature. Telegraph, Children of the Revolution: the French 1799-1914, by Donald Sassoon, 08 Aug 2008   canine [ KEY-nahyn ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of a dog 2. (n.) a dog 3. (n.) a cuspid or canine tooth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The canine unit is invaluable in the drug enforcement agency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Malaysia sought to form the world's first permanent canine anti-piracy unit after borrowing two dogs — Lucky and Flo — from the U.S. Motion Picture Association. abcNEWS, DVD-Sniffing Anti-Piracy Dog Dies in Malaysia, by JULIA ZAPPEI, June 9, 2008   apoplexy [ AP-uh'-plek-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a stroke or cerebral accident 2. haemorrhage or sudden effusion of blood into a tissue or organ 3. an impairment or loss of bodily esp. neurological function caused by the breakage or rupture of a blood vessel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Losing his temper caused him to suffer an apoplexy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If the replacement of the old cast iron columns with what David derides as "motorway lights" was not galling in itself, the fate of the removed lights is enough to propel him into apoplexy. BBC, 'Stop nicking my street furniture', by Finlo Rohrer, 27 June 2008   blasé [ blah-ZEY, BLAH-zey; Fr. bla*-ZEY ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apathetic to, indifferent to or bored with worldly pleasures 2. sophisticated 3. nonchalant or unconcerned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After being fired from his job his attitude towards life turned blasé.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ranjit's less blasé when talking about the animals under his care. The Times of India, The lion king, by Priya Pathiyan, 22 Jun 2003   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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