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	05-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists miscellany [ mi-SEL-uh'-nee; MIS-uh'-ley-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a collection of different things that are usually unrelated 2. a collection of writings on various topics or subjects in a single volume or book   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The first reprint of the miscellany of post modernist articles was a hit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Schott's Original Miscellany was last year's surprise bestseller even though it reached the bookshops just two weeks before Christmas. BBC, Publisher profits from trivia bestseller, 9 January, 2003   muse [ myooz ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to meditate or think deeply 2. (intr.v.) to ponder or deeply meditate 3. (n.) a dreamy abstraction or a state of deep meditation 4. (n.) a poet 5. (n.) a guiding force or light or the source of one's inspiration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They often mused about the secrets of the universe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His 60,000 photos of the Big Bend must carry countless memories, unspoken things that act as muse and healer both. CNN, Wide open in West Texas, By Taylor Bruce, January 28, 2009   homily [ HOM-uh'-lee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a short lecture or sermon esp. one related to a Biblical topic 2. a discourse or lecture that is moralizing or admonitory in nature 3. a platitude, cliché, catchphrase or saying that is inspirational in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A homily seeks to correct behaviour through the moral of its story.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In his homily Father Brian Darcy told mourners that the singer had secretly given tens of thousands of euro to the poor during his career. BBC, Singer gave cash secretly to poor, 29 December 2007   impinge [ im-PINJ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to infringe, trespass or encroach 2. (intr.v.) to impact or make an impression on something 3. (tr.v.) to make inroads   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said his rights were impinged upon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These performance models are designed to add a little excitement while not impinging on those core brand values. CNN, GM's Buick unveils high-performance line, By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer, March 27, 2007   flail [ fleyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instrument or device that is used for threshing which contains a handle made of wood at one end and a stick that swings freely at the other 2. (tr.v.) to sing or whip freely as though with a flail 3. (tr.v.) to thresh by means of a flail 4. (intr.v.) to vigorously and erratically thrash about   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A flail is termed as a weapon and carrying it on one's person is prohibited.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was also sentenced to 28 days for possessing an offensive weapon, a flail which he swung at a police officer and criminal damage during an incident at his brother's home in Luton. BBC, Chemist struck off for 'attacks' , 14 December 2005   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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