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	22-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pied [ pahyd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. patched, blotched, multi-coloured, piebald or variegated 2. garbed in such garments   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pied collage was a sight to behold.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pied-crested cuckoo has found mention in Indian mythological texts as the harbinger of the monsoon. The Times of India, Cuckoo clock in city, rains could arrive in 72 hrs, 7 June 2002   propound [ pruh'-POUND ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to set forth, propose, put forward or offer for acceptance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The theory propounded these three assumptions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A number of books propound a biblical diet because it is thought to be a low fat, high fibre diet. BBC, 'Supermodel' satellite set to fly, By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News, 13 March 2009   retribution [ re-truh'-BYOO-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. reprisal, requital, reward, retaliation or recompense 2. the distribution of just rewards or punishment esp. in one's future life 3. the infliction of punishment when exacting revenge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An act of retribution only deepens the hatred that initiated it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Dissident Zhang Zuhua, a constitutional scholar, who was questioned by police after he signed the petition, said that his transfer is a typical act of retribution. abcNews, Commission: Ohio's Former AG Violated Election Law, By JULIE CARR SMYTH AP Statehouse Correspondent, March 19, 2009   rend [ rend ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to violently or forcefully segregate into parts 2. (tr.v.) to rip apart, tear or sever 3. (tr.v.) to violently rip apart, pull or tear one's hair or clothing in frustration or fury 4. (intr.v.) to tear or rip something apart 5. (intr.v.) to come apart or become split or torn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Cultural divide is rending the country apart.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most NGOs spend around 80% of the money available to them from government agencies or foreign sponsors as administrative costs, for which they do not rend proper accounts BBC, City parking charges to be hiked, 6 February 2008   risible [ RIZ-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. able to or having the capacity to laugh 2. laughable, ludicrous or amusing 3. related or pertaining to laughter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a risible man who had the charisma to attract many followers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Philip Aldrick explains why A&L had little choice but to accept an offer that would have seemed risible a year ago CNN, Commentary: Throwing billions at schools won't fix them, By Pedro A. Noguera Special to CNN, March 5, 2009   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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