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	15-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists bode [ bohd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) foretell, presage, portend or be an omen of 2. (intr.v.) to portend or predict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His friends constantly warned him that his risk taking behaviour did not bode well.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some observers say the future of tribes still living in the jungle in Paraguay and elsewhere, particularly Brazil, does not bode well. CNN, Legal battle over forest is victory for Paraguayan Indians, by Arthur Brice, November 14, 2008   cruet [ KROO-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a glass bottle that is usually used to hold vinegar or oil 2. a small vessel that is used to hold holy water or wine for the eucharist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cruet was placed precariously on the table.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The development may lead to bar counters that take drinks to customers, or restaurant tables which automatically arrange cutlery, crockery and cruets into place settings. BBC, Table top tricks, By BBC News Online internet reporter Mark Ward, 6 October, 2000   acoustics [ uh'-KOO-stiks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the characteristics or quality of a room to reflect sound waves in such a way as to produce distinct learning 2. the branch of physics that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception and effects of sound   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a pleasure to listen to the London Philharmonic Orchestra on account of the superb acoustics of the Opera house   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although considered an architectural masterpiece, the Sydney Opera House has been criticized for poor acoustics in the Concert Hall and a lack of performance and backstage space in the Opera Theater. abcNews, Sydney Opera House Designer Joern Utzon Dies at 90, By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press Writer, November 29, 2008   aggravate [ AG-ruh'-veyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make matters worse or more troublesome 2. to rouse to anger or exasperation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A thoughtless word or action aggravates a potentially volatile situation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Major loss of land and other property would aggravate poverty and hardship in the region. National Geographic, Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns, Pallava Bagla, May 7, 2002   amoral [ ey-MAWR-uh' l, a-MAWR-, ey-MOR-, a-MOR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. one who is neither moral nor immoral 2. unaware of, or not caring about right or wrong   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His amoral nature made him a good mercenary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bishop Nazir-Ali blamed the turmoil in the world's financial markets on amoral forces and warned that one of the "great disparities" of our age was the gap between rich and poor. Telegraph, Archbishop of Canterbury attacks Western 'greed' in Easter sermon, By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent, 24 Mar 2008   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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