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	27-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists blazon [ BLEY-zuh' n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to depict a coat of arms with proper form and colour 2. (tr.v.) to adorn or embellish showily 3. (n.) a coat of arms 4. (n.) ostentatious display   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Blazoned on his door was his coat of arms which read, 'S' Rioghal mo dhream'.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Blazoned day-by-day in the local media, it is the world's highest battlefield, with troops stationed higher than most North American, European or African mountains. CNN, Siachen: The world's highest cold war, By Nick Easen, September 17, 2003   enclave [ EN-kleyv, AHN- ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a country or a portion of it that is surrounded completely or almost completely on all sides by foreign territory 2. (n.) a minority group or a small area isolated within a larger one 3. (tr.v.) to enclose, isolate or encircle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The coalition enclave was often under the threat of enemy fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Medvedev threatened in November to deploy Iskander tactical missiles in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, which borders Poland, unless the US backed down. Telegraph, Russia and Belarus sign air defence pact, 03 Feb 2009   festive [ FES-tiv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. related to or pertaining to a feast or festival 2. joyous, happy, cheerful or merry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The festive atmosphere was infectious in nature.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sad state of the economy doesn't appear to be affecting the festive mood in New Orleans, Louisiana. CNN, Good times rolling on for Mardi Gras, By Marnie Hunter, February 20, 2009   dishabille [ dis-uh-BEEL, -BEE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being dressed partially or in a careless, disorderly manner 2. a deliberately careless manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A lot of people were in a state of dishabille as they ran out of the burning building.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   First there was Betty Boop, whose innocent wide eyes were somewhat at odds with her perpetual states of delightful dishabille. Telegraph, Thursday's TV and radio highlights, By Tessa Gibbs, Simon Horsford and Gillian Reynolds, 10 Dec 2008   coruscate [ KAWR-uh'-skeyt, KOR- ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to glitter, sparkle, shimmer or emit light in flashes 2. to have showy or sparkling style or virtuosity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jewellery was polished till it coruscated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The campaigning lawyer Colin Gonsalves, who runs the Delhi-based Human Rights Law Network, is coruscating in his criticism. BBC, Family anger over police killers, By Chris Morris, 17 October 2007   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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