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	28-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reverent [ REV-er-uh' nt, REV-ruh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   respectful, venerable, worshipful or solemn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reverent disciple placed flowers before the idol everyday.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The city has a hushed, reverent quality at this time of year, despite the hordes of tourists that show up for the festivities. CNN, Stranded South Koreans allowed to cross border, March 10, 2009   offertory [ AW-fer-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, OF-er- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the offering of the bread and wine that is made to God by the clergyman in a Eucharistic service 2. the hymn or music being played during this part of the liturgy 3. the period during the Eucharistic service when offerings are collected from the worshippers 4. the offerings that are collected from devotees during such a religious service   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The offertory was humble but greatly satisfying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I put £20 in the collection plate, then another £20 in the offertory box as I stumbled out of the church. Telegraph, Midnight Mash... not my finest hour, Max Davidson, 20 Dec 2007   pastoral [ PAS-ter-uh' l, PAH-ster- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) rustic or rural 2. (adj.) pertaining to or of shepherds 3. (adj.) of, pertaining to or related to a pastor or priest 4. (adj.) used for pasture 5. (n.) a literary work like a poem or play related to shepherds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pastoral decorations in the room were charming.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At every motel where he spends the night, he takes a photo of the view from the room -- whether it's a pastoral landscape, a brick wall or the parking lot. CNN, Fans bid farewell to Polaroid film, By Jacque Wilson CNN, December 8, 2008   platonic [ pluh'-TON-ik, pley- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characteristic of or pertaining to Plato 2. pertaining to or characteristic of a relationship that is non-sexual 3. nominal, theoretical or speculative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Theirs was a platonic relationship built on trust and mutual admiration.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The concept of platonic friendship that arose and was largely talked and written from the time of Greek Philosopher Plato still remains as unclear and confusing as ever. The Times of India, Can a man and woman be just friends?, 13 Jul, 2008   prosody [ PROS-uh'-dee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the study or science of versification or poetic matters 2. a particular style or system of versification 3. the intonational or rhythmic aspect of an utterance or language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He spent years of his life to prevent prosody from being a dying art.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Its unique catholicity and prosody apart, the Guru Granth Sahib also engendered the Gurmukhi script, which Guru Angad Dev developed to reach out to people in their vernacular dia-lect, refining and shaping it by use of 10 vowels. BBC, Biblical diet 'not very healthy', 13 January 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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