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	18-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reverie [ REV-uh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. daydream or fanciful musing 2. the act of day dreaming, imagining or abstracted musing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His reverie was short lived.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   My brief reverie was interrupted when neurologist Hans Luders, an expert on brain geography, appeared before me in full surgical garb. abcNews, Peking Uni Transfers Outspoken Prof to West China, By HENRY SANDERSON Associated Press Writer, March 12, 2009   ogle [ OH-guh' l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to eye, glare or stare 2. (tr.v.) to look impertinently or flirtatiously 3. (intr.v.) to glare or stare impertinently or amorously 4. (n.) an amorous or impertinent glare, glance or stare   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jewellery on display at the museum was ogled at by one and all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Admission to the museum is $14, but thanks to its pay-what-you-wish admission price on Sundays, it's easy to get lost among its Impressionist paintings or ogle the wedding dress of Philadelphia's sweetheart, Grace Kelly. abcNews, Let FREEdom Ring: See Philadelphia on a Budget, By RANDY PENNELL Associated Press Writer, February 9, 2009   rigor [ RIG-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. strictness or harshness 2. cruelty, hardship or austerity 3. an act or circumstance that is harsh or severe 4. harsh weather   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rigors of the life in the desert have to be experienced to be truly understood.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Large numbers of students lack proficiency in reading and math in many school districts across the country, and many who graduate and go on to college are largely unprepared for the rigors of college-level course work. CNN, Holiday spirit burns brightly in Santa Fe, By Gretchen Reynolds Sunset magazine, December 14, 2006   onus [ OH-nuh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. obligation, burden, difficult task or duty 2. burden of proof 3. responsibility, blame or stigma   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The onus is on the CEO to ensure the financial security of the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The onus is on the occupying forces to ensure security of embassy personnel in Baghdad. CNN, Iran says gunmen tried to assassinate embassy staff, May 16, 2008   pell-mell [ PEL-MEL ]   [ noun, adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in a reckless, jumbled or disorderly manner 2. (adj.) disorderly, confused or jumbled 3. (adj.) rash or overhasty 4. (n.) a confused crowd or mass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They ran pell-mell to avoid being crushed by the stampede.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Taking the most dangerous, unpleasant jobs, China's migrant workers may be the biggest victims of the country's pell-mell industrialization. abcNews, 30 Years Transform China, but Not Its Politics, By AUDRA ANG Associated Press Writer, December 17, 2008   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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