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	04-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rendition [ ren-DISH-uh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act, instance or result of rendering 2. an interpretation or version 3. translation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her rendition of 'I dream a dream' was very well received.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   David Miliband has admitted two US "extraordinary rendition" flights landed on UK territory in 2002. BBC, Ghana to blacklist NGOs, By Iliasu Adam BBC Africa Live, Northern Ghana, 25 February, 2004   pantomime [ PAN-tuh'-mahym ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the art of making gestures without uttering any words 2. (n.) a dramatic performance involving making gestures without uttering sounds 3. (n.) an actor performing such an act 4. (tr.v.) to express oneself by means of actions or gestures 5. (intr.v.) to express oneself without any verbal utterances by just using gestures or actions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Pantomimes are often performed on street corners on weekends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An exhibition celebrating decades of Scottish pantomime is opening its nationwide tour in Edinburgh. BBC, New exhibit celebrates pantomime, 26 November 2008   peroration [ per-uh'-REY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the concluding part of an oration where the orator summarises the entire speech or discourse emphatically 2. a lofty speech adorned with bombastic or grandiloquent words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The peroration prepared for the CEO was witty and concise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Helms went on to equate New Labour with Neville Chamberlain finishing with a lyrical peroration on the wonders of Margaret Thatcher. Telegraph, Jesse Helms, 07 Jul 2008   proboscis [ proh-BOS-is, -kis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. trunk or snout 2. an elongate or tubular organ that is used by insects to suck blood or food 3. an unusually long nose of a person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the horror film, the alien had a proboscis-like organ which was its primary weapon of defence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is another aspect to Israel's onslaught, apart from the belief that peace and security is best achieved through the proboscis of a Merkava tank. BBC, Father and son firms under fire, 15 March 2006   repellent [ ri-PEL-uh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) repulsive, offensive or causing distaste or disgust 2. (adj.) warding off or driving away 3. (adj.) impervious or resistant esp. to liquids 4. (n.) one that causes repulsion esp. one that repels insects 5. (n.) a medicine or treatment for tumours or swellings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mosquito repellents available nowadays are not very effective.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The noodles were found to be contaminated with paradichlorobenzene, a chemical used in bug repellent. CNN, Black Iraqis make Obama a model to follow, By Jill Dougherty CNN, January 19, 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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