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	07-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists petrify [ PE-truh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to transform to a stone 2. (tr.v.) to terrorize, frighten, daze or stun with fear 3. (tr.v.) to harden, deaden or become rigid 4. (intr.v.) to become rigid or stony   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Acute fear petrifies a person into inaction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nicole Bagley, who recently moved to the flat in Foleshill, said she was "petrified" when police smashed the door with a hammer at about 0500 GMT. BBC, Police raid suspect's former home, 16 February 2009   prod [ prod ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to poke, jab, prick or goad 2. (tr.v.) to urge, stir or incite 3. (intr.v.) to urge or stir another 4. (n.) a poke, jab or thrust 5. (n.) a stimulus or an incitement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She prodded and pushed till she got things done her way.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Robbers broke into a fast food restaurant and used an electric cattle prod to threaten staff. CNN, Report: Japan fitness goes to dogs, By Samantha Broun For CNN, April 17, 2006   refulgent [ ri-FUHL-juh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. shining brightly 2. bright and resplendent 3. radiant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The refulgent setting at the exhibition made viewing easy by placing every item under a spotlight.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yet Susan, face to face with these two improbably refulgent paragons, was unfazed, and launched without hesitation into her song. BBC, The singer not the song, 24 April 2009.   upbraid [ uhp-BREYD ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to find fault with or reproach sharply   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court upbraided the police for their harsh and brutal methods.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some restaurants have introduced no-mobile-telephone areas and the elderly managers of the kissaten, the coffee houses that serve as the equivalent of the pub in Japanese towns and villages, are willing to upbraid customers whose noise levels break the usual calm. Telegraph, The Far East fights back over menace of the mobile phone, By Damien McElroy in Beijing, 19/06/2001   luscious [ LUHSH-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sweet, delicious or extremely gratifying 2. having a strong sensual or seductive appeal 3. voluptuous or physically arousing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The luscious display of assorted flavours of ice-creams appeased every palate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This was a brilliantly balanced combination of light but substantial pastry; fluffy, deep chocolate filling; and a crown of luscious glaze. abcNEWS, On the trail of the perfect recipe, by Jenny Sawyer, November 12, 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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