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	09-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists putrefaction [ pyoo-truh'-FAK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. process of rotting 2. the state of decomposition or decay   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Putrefaction had set in causing a stench to emanate from the carcass.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As most of the coolies fled this was not an easy job and became more and more unpleasant when putrefaction set in. The telegraph, Britain at War: Evacuated to Western Australia. 9 april 2009   compliance [ kuh'm-PLAHY-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of conforming or yielding obediently 2. a tendency to yield readily to others 3. cooperation or acquiescing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The workers had to come to work early in compliance with the orders of the management.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Because states are responsible for issuing a vehicle's registration, Ditlow sees an opportunity for state governments to force compliance. CNN, Fact Check: Enforcing auto recalls, Emma Lacey-Bordeaux, 5 February 2010.   repercussion [ ree-per-KUHSH-uh' n, rep-er- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. consequence or result of any action 2. reflection, rebounding, reverberation or recoil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People must be ready to face the repercussions of their actions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The arrest made people think that those who fight against corruption now face repercussion themselves. BBC, Bush's media man sets exit date, 31 August 2007   rummage [ RUHM-ij ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to thoroughly and actively investigate or search 2. (tr.v.) to discover, find or uncover something after a thorough search 3. (intr.v.) to energetically or hastily search 4. (n.) a thorough and hasty search 5. (n.) miscellaneous things or articles   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detective rummaged through the garbage while searching for clues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They also keep items neat and in plain view so there's no need to rummage through drawers or piles of clothing. Telegraph, Rory Kinnear: becoming an actor was a way of getting to know my father better, John Preston, 31 Jan 2008   paramour [ PAR-uh'-moo' r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a lover esp. one who is illicit 2. (archaic) sweetheart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Romeo was Juliet's paramour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tila Tequila blames the media and her paramour's interest in self-promotion for her breakup, and says she was much more guarded during her second "Shot at Love" on MTV. abcnews, Tila Tequila More Guarded in Second 'Shot at Love', May 22, 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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