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	03-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists debunk [ di-BUHNGK  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to expose the exaggerated claims of 2. to ridicule the falseness of a claim or sentiment 3. to show to be false or pretentious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He debunked the predictions of the soothsayer by simple arguments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The discovery of this "watery world" helps debunk the notion that Earth-like planets could form only in conditions similar to those in our solar system. CNN, Scientists spot nearby 'super-Earth', John D. Sutter, 16 December 2009.   sidereal [ sahy-DEER-ee-uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. astral or related or pertaining to the stars 2. measured with or determined by reference to the stars   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   This mission will concentrate on the sidereal aspects of the faraway planets in our solar system.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Venus Express is expected to begin its primary science mission -- a 15-Earth month period that translates into two of Venus' long sidereal days -- in June after a series of maneuvers to reach its final operational orbit. CNN, Bound for Venus, By Tariq Malik, April 10, 2006   palaeontologist [ pal-ee-uh' n-TOL-uh'-jist, pey-lee- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an expert who has studied the fossil remains of prehistoric plants, animals, and other organisms   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The character of Ross Geller in the famed comedy, "Friends", was a palaeontologist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Palaeontologists have long known that as temperatures go up and down over geological time, generally speaking, so does the upper size limit of cold-blooded creatures - or poikilotherms. BBC, Largest snake 'as long as a bus', By Paul Rincon, 4 February 2009   perforce [ per-FAWRS, -FOHRS ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   by necessity or due to force of circumstances   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had to sell his house perforce as his financial situation was deplorable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is also a meditation, always simple but sometimes quite profound, on the nature of faith and on how it gives meaning to lives which have perforce to be lived in a materialist culture. Telegraph, Parents and pastors, William Oddie, 25 May 2004   prim [ prim ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) formal, demure or precise 2. (tr.v.) to have a very prim or demure expression on one's face 3. (tr.v.) to formally or demurely dress up 4. (intr.v.) to fix one's mouth in a demure or formal expression   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prim and proper expression on her face soon melted away.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is evidence of arranged marriages in Western societies as far back as the 1500s and in the prim Victorian era, which encouraged a union for cultural and economic reasons rather than mere love. The Times of India, TODAY'S EDITORIAL: We're All Socialists, 15 Jan 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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