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	16-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists apocalyptic [ uh'-pok-uh'-LIP-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or of an apocalypse 2. (adj.) prophetic, revelatory or ominous or suggestive of a disastrous outcome 3. (adj.) pertaining to or suggestive of a final doom or turbulent end of the world 4. (n.) a system where it is believed that the world will end or be doomed in a violent or disastrous way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The apocalyptic vision of Nostradamus has managed to scare people for centuries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I thought it was kind of apocalyptic, like it was the end of the world, said Shogren abcNEWS, Old-Timers Brace for Possible Eruption, by RACHEL D'ORO, February 3, 2009   array [ uh'-REY ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to marshal, arrange or place in a desired manner 2. (tr.v.) to adorn, deck up or clothe with ornamental or showy garments 3. (n.) an ordered arrangement, distribution or grouping 4. (n.) finery or splendid attire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The general arrayed his troops for battle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the finished array will have 350 six-metre antennas and will be one of the world's largest. BBC, Skies to be swept for alien life, 12 October 2007   bard [ bahrd ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a celtic poet who played the lyre or harp while reciting poems 2. (n.) a poet 3. (n.) a piece of armour that is placed on the back of a horse 4. (tr.v.) to place bards on a horse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A bard was called forth to entertain the assembled guests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bards are at once entertainers, philosophers, and historians. National Geographic, Central Asian Bardic Music   carrion [ KAR-ee-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) putrefying or decaying flesh 2. (n.) one that is decaying or rotting 3. (adj.) pertaining to or like decaying flesh 4. (adj.) feeding on putrefying or decaying flesh   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Vultures feed on carrion which is often remains from a carcass.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Buzzards are known to be lazy carrion feeders and normally hunt on open land, eating worms, beetles, small mammals or carcasses. Telegraph, Buzzard snatches and kills rare bird, by Richard Savill, 15 Jan 2009   frivolity [ fri-VOL-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. triviality, silliness or lightness 2. frippery, bagatelle or something has little or no importance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In 19th century England, frivolity was frowned upon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His instantly recognizable suits are directional yet classic, practical but with a touch of frivolity, eye catching but discreet. CNN, How Boateng changed face of tailoring, By Sylvia Smith for CNN, January 13, 2006   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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