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	14-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lave [ leyv ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to wash, bathe or cleanse 2. (tr.v.) to lap or flow past 3. (intr.v.) to wash, clean or bathe 4. (n.) residue or left over   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was laved with sweet smelling soaps to get rid of the stench.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pressure on Syria to lave Lebanon has intensified since the 14 February car bomb death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. BBC, UN chief warns Syria over Lebanon, 25 February, 2005   manacle [ MAN-uh'-kuh' l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) fetters, handcuff or shackle to confine the hands 2. (n.) a restraint, limitation or curb 3. (tr.v.) to fetter or handcuff 4. (tr.v) to hamper, bind or restrain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Manacles were placed on his hands and feet in order to restrict movement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tory project leaders have made it clear the convicts, who roamed freely and were not manacled, were separate to their project teams. Telegraph, Tory Rwandan project given President's backing, By Andrew Porter Political Editor in Kigali, 08 Aug 2008   melee [ MEY-ley, mey-LEY, MEL-ey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a chaotic or confused brawl or struggle 2. turmoil or confusion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The melee left many people injured.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This was the melee tournament - a brutal free-for-all with few rules - designed very much as a preparation for war. BBC, Brutal reality of the tournament, By Dominic Sutherland BBC Timewatch, 18 January 2008   molten [ MOHL-tn ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) melted or liquefied by means of applying heat 2. (adj.) produced as result of heating or liquefaction 3. (adj.) brilliant glowing as a result of heating 4. (tr.v.) past participle of melt 5. (intr.v.) past participle of melt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The molten lava that was spewed from the volcano scattered, destroying everything in its path.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The volcano is one of Japan's most active and last erupted in September 2004 when molten rock and ash blanketed areas more than 125 miles from the crater. Telegraph, Japan warns of volcano eruption within 48 hours, By Julian Ryall in Tokyo, 02 Feb 2009   noncommital [ non-kuh'-mit-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. neutral, not committing to anything or not revealing what one truly feels 2. indefinite, vague or not having a distinctive quality or character   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The non-committal response of the management angered the union leaders.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 10-day-long 35th International Film Festival of India came to a close on Friday with the Centre announcing Goa as the venue for the cultural and cinematic fiesta next year, even as it remained non-commital about the beach paradise Goa being the permanent venue for the festival. The Times of India, Golden peacock for Iranian film, 10 Dec 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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