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	24-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists appellation [ ap-uh'-LEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. title, name, designation or an identifier 2. an instance or act of naming   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The appellation was befitting his rank.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Up to one-third of wines marketed under France's regional "appellation" system do not deserve the label, a leading French consumer group says. BBC, Doubt over quality of French wine,5 September 2007   febrile [ FEE-brahyl, FEE-bruh' l, FEB-ruh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. feverish or pertaining to, caused by or marked by fever 2. hysterical or delirious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His febrile state was the cause of great concern.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The political atmosphere in America in October 2008 is febrile and confused. BBC, US debate could be turning point, By Adam Brookes, 2 October 2008   elegiac [ el-i-JAHY-uh' k, -ak, i-LEE-jee-ak ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) resembling, pertaining to or suitable for an elegy 2. (adj.) expressing lamentation or sadness 3. (adj.) consisting, comprising or written in elegiac couplets 4. (n.) a couplet or distich that is elegiac in nature 5. (n.) a poem that comprises elegiac verses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elegiac nature of the ballad touched the hearts of millions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The novel changes midway from an elegiac tale of love and loss to a political thriller. Telegraph, On the road to Guantanamo Bay, By Charlotte Moore, 03 Mar 2009   excision [  ek-SIZH-uh' n, ik-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act, process or instance of removal 2. abscission or surgical removal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was terrified as the operation required an excision and 22 stitches.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   McCain, 65, was scheduled to return to the medical facility Tuesday to have skin from an adjacent area cover the area left by the excision. CNN, McCain has skin lesion removed, February 4, 2002   faux pas [ foh PAH ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   blunder, misconduct, social mistake, false step or error in etiquette   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Debutantes were warned about the various faux pas and how to avoid them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In this tradition-bound society, the contractor had just committed a major cultural faux pas. National Geographic, Bin Laden Hunt Hurt by U.S. Disrespect of Afghans, Experts Say, Stefan Lovgren, March 30, 2004   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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