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	14-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists adipose [ AD-uh'-pohs ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) composed of, or relating to animal fat 2. (n.) the animal fat stored in adipose tissue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The animal fat stored in adipose tissues is often considered unhealthy for consumption.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If fat isn't stored in the adipose tissue, it ends up in the liver and muscles. abcNews, Obesity Doesn't Always Equal Diabetes, By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter, Mar. 23   alchemy [ AL-kuh'-mee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy having as its aims, transmuting baser metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease and an elixir of longevity 2. any magical power or process by which a common substance can be transmuted into a substance of great value   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The art of alchemy was subtle and often misunderstood.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Obama was elected as a visionary, presenting voters with a somewhat mysterious but winning alchemy of youth, fresh ideas, modernity and the promise of a new era. abcNews, Analysis: Team Obama Preoccupied With Bush   amortize [ AM-er-tahyz, uh'-MAWR-tahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to liquidate or pay on by means of small instalments 2. to gradually write off the value or cost of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court ordered the man to amortize as he wasn't able to pay up the loan he had received, owing to dire circumstances.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Avoid overdependence on highly fluctuating seasonal tourism numbers, as well as avoiding heavy investment into equipment that cannot be amortized under global warming scenarios. BBC, The slippery slope of winter sports, by Carmen de Jong, 6 August 2007   aseptic [ uh'-SEP-tik, ey-SEP- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) sterile or free of pathogenic microbes 2. (adj.) lacking, warmth, animation or emotion 3. (n.) a commodity sold in an aseptic container   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Aseptic conditions are important in a medicinal laboratory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The culled birds are buried in pits with lime, potassium permanganate and ordinary salt for creating aseptic conditions The Times of India, Bird flu: 80,000 birds to be culled today, 21 Feb 2006.   beatitude [ bee-AT-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. utmost bliss, happiness or blessedness 2. any of the declarations of bliss or blessedness that were pronounced by jesus christ in the sermon on the mount   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their marriage was one of beatitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In some way, Sonny was a living beatitude, said Gingrich. CNN, Farewell to Bono awash in laughter, tears, January 9, 1998   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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