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	29-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists factious [ FAK-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. seditious, dissentious or causing faction 2. related or pertaining to or characterized by faction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his factious nature which infuriated his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1997 many observers were astonished that a man with so little experience in the Politburo and with no military background could be chosen by Mr Deng and his fellow veterans to lead such a factious party. BBC, Analysis: Jiang's day of glory, By the BBC's Chinese Affairs Analyst James Miles in Beijing, 1 October, 1999   fete [ feyt, fet ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a celebrated festival or holiday 2. (n.) a lavish party, celebration or entertainment 3. (tr.v.) to honour, commemorate or entertain by means of a fete   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fete was attended by people from three counties.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fete has always been staged at Grimsby's Peaks Lane Fire Station but the grounds have become waterlogged. BBC, Too much water dampens fire fete, 23 July 2007   fiat [ FEE-aht, -at; FAHY-uh' t, -at ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an authorization, decree, order or sanction 2. the pronouncement of any order or decree arbitrarily 3. a dictate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers protested against the fiat as they thought it was unjust.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People can see that the only solution to the credit crisis is to devalue all fiat currencies, said Peter Hambro, chairman of the Anglo-Russian mining group Peter Hambro Gold. Telegraph, Gold hits record against euro on fear of Zimbabwean-style response to bank crisis, By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 26 Feb 2009   flagellate [ v. FLAJ-uh'-leyt; adj., n. FLAJ-uh'-lit, -leyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to flog, scourge or whip 2. (adj.) having a shape like a flagellum 3. (adj.) pertaining to or of a flagellate 4. (n.) a protozoa or an alga that possesses one or more flagella   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   To have anyone flagellated so mercilessly is a crime against humanity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some worshippers and clerics flagellated themselves to the sounds of mourning invocations. CNN, 11 die in attacks in Iraq, From Jomana Karadsheh, November 28, 2008   genealogy [ jee-nee-OL-uh'-jee, -AL-, jen-ee- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an account or record of one's derivation, descent, lineage or ancestry 2. a study of lineage or descent 3. one's lineage or ancestry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His genealogy was taken into consideration before he was made Viscount Trelgate by His Majesty, the King.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's a maplike memory board from the Congo that charts genealogy. abcNews, Map exhibits help navigate history and 'who we are', By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY, November 1, 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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