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	25-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists passe [ pahs ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) outdated, outmoded or no longer in fashion 2. (adj.) faded, aged or past one's prime 3. (n.) (roulette) numbers nineteen through thirty six   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Wearing a passe wardrobe is considered to be a social faux pas.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For someone who was written off as passe long before he died in 1953, Eugene O'Neill still has an uncanny ability to grab headlines and spark debate among theater critics. abcNews, Festival Considers O'Neill in the 21st Century, By F.N. D'ALESSIO Associated Press Writer, February 25, 2009   piquant [ PEE-kuh' nt, -kahnt, pee-KAHNT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. spicy or pleasantly pungent 2. interesting, intriguing, charming or appealing 3. engagingly provocative or lively 4. (archaic) stinging or hurting to feelings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The piquant taste of the cuisine adds to its appeal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This piquant tomatillo and jicama salad is low in fat and calories, and a refreshing change from the monotony of mixed greens. abcNews, THE HEALTHY PLATE: Recipe for Jicama Salad, By JIM ROMANOFF For The Associated Press, June 2, 2008   proscenium [ proh-SEE-nee-uh' m, pruh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the area that is located between the orchestra and the curtain as part of a modern theatre 2. the foreground or the stage itself 3. the proscenium arch   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She tripped on some loose wiring that was carelessly left on the proscenium.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sarah Crompton describes how the Old Vic's grand old proscenium-arch auditorium has been transformed into a spanking new theatre in the round. abcNews, Attention to Bones Important in Women With Lupus, December 26, 2008   sate [ seyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to satiate completely 2. to glut or satiate in excess   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She kept eating till her appetite was sated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hollywood should offer legal alternatives to sate the appetite for movie and TV downloads. BBC, Testing times for video downloads, By Alfred Hermida, Technology editor, BBC News website, 2 August 2005   punctilious [ puhngk-TIL-ee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. extremely attentive to detail 2. strict in the adherence to formalities   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He made a hobby of creative writing but was a punctilious author.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Literary editors of these papers learnt to tolerate her eccentrically punctilious ways, the slowness with which she turned in her carefully written pieces and the frequency with which, up to the last minute, she would make alterations. The Telegraph, Naomi Lewis, 3 August 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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