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	06-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists compendium [ kuh'm-PEN-dee-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a concise account of a subject 2. a brief treatise or a summary 3. a complete list   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The history teacher gave the students a compendium on Maratha history.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Savage Detectives, Bolaño's most celebrated novel about a doomed quest to find an avant-garde poet in the deserts of northern Mexico, is an almost exhaustive compendium of Mexican writers from the 1970s, some shrouded in pseudonyms and some subjected to open hostility. The Telegraph, Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño: review, Ed King, 10 January 2010.   genial [ JEEN-yuh' l, JEE-nee-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. warm, friendly manner or attitude 2. of or relating to the chin 3. conducive to growth or comfort   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Probably the foremost qualification that a diplomat or a doctor should possess is a genial disposition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This important study demonstrated a characteristic of his intellectual method, whereby he took on an intellectual position and engaged in genial but strenuous debate with it. Telegraph, Professor Anthony Nuttall   caveat [ KAV-ee-aht, -at, KAH-vee-, key- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a warning of taking something into account before carrying out plans 2. a formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, so that the action is taken only after telling the person who has given the notice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Nutritionists recommend red meat as a food that is rich in protein and amino acids, but with a caveat; too much intake of red meat leads to high cholesterol levels and possible heart disease.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the caveat is that we only find sufficient numbers of native bees in areas that are near native habitat. National Geographic, Powerful Pollinators, Wild Bees May Favor Eco-Farms, by Ben Harder, October 28, 2004   microcosm [ MAHY-kruh'-koz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a miniature of the world or universe 2. a human or society that can be considered as an epitome of the universe or world   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They built a microcosm as part of their science project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The game's opening stage is something of a microcosm of the whole game. Telegraph, Gears Of War 2 video game review, by Tom Hoggins, 19 Nov 2008   papyrus [ puh'-PAHY-ruh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an aquatic, tall plant belonging to the sedge family, that is found in abundantly in the Nile region of Egypt 2. a writing material, prepared from this plant by soaking, pressing, and drying thin strips of the pith of this plant, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. 3. an ancient scroll or document   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Writing material was often made from leaves of the papyrus.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Rolls of papyrus and literary texts along with waxed tablets recording business transactions could also be unearthed. CNN, $100 million donated to restore dead Roman city, August 8, 2000   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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