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	02-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists primogeniture [ prahy-muh'-JEN-i-cher, -choo' r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a condition or state where one is the first born among the children of the same set of parents 2. (law) a right to inheritance which exclusively belongs to the first born child esp. the eldest male child   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Modern monarchy is undecided about doing away with primogeniture   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   About 30% of UK firms are family owned, and half of them are managed by family members, with control passed down by "primogeniture" to the eldest son. Telegraph, Barack Obama: redefining the male physique, By Terry Kirby, 19 Jan 2009   reparation [ rep-uh'-REY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act of making up or making amends 2. indemnification, compensation or atonement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was asked to make reparations to his victims.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The party also wants an apology for slavery, although it is not asking for financial reparations. CNN, NASA keeps eye on two shuttle problems, November 15, 2008   rout [ rout ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a throng, mob or rabble 2. (n.) a terrible defeat or a retreat succeeding such a defeat 3. (n.) chaos, disturbance or riot 4. (tr.v.) to defeat in a decisive manner 5. (tr.v.) to retreat after being defeated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were called in to control the rout.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The conflict began more than a week ago when Georgia launched a military incursion into South Ossetia to rout separatist rebels. abcNews, Bird Day events alight at national wildlife refuges, By Ben Abramson, USA TODAY, May 8, 2008   pander [ PAN-der ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a pimp, procurer or go-between in sexual intrigues 2. (n.) one catering to or exploiting other people's weaknesses and desires 3. (tr.v.) to behave or act as a pander 4. (intr.v.) to act as or be a pander in order to gratify someone else's desires   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Panders are looked down on by society.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Obama has said he's picking people for their skills and not pandering to special interests. CNN, Why some women's groups are miffed at Obama, From Jessica Yellin CNN National Political Correspondent, December 22, 2008   purvey [ per-VEY ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to supply provisions 2. to publicize   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Volunteers would purvey provisions and medicines to the survivors of the deluge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But at the same time it is bound to a method and a rhetoric that treats its public as consumers and the information it purveys as a commodity. BBC, Archbishop to attack news media, 14 June 2005   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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