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	15-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists grimace [ GRIM-uh' s, gri-MEYS ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a distorted facial expression often indicating discomfort, pain, disgust etc. 2. (v.) to make distorted facial expressions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thought of entering the dark, filthy alley made him grimace.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They found changes in facial expression, including a grimace, squeezing eyes shut and furrowing the brow, were best indicators the baby was in pain. Telegraph, Babies feel more pain than doctors realise, 24 June 2008   quiescence [ kwee-ES-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being dormant 2. inactiveness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After nearly a year of quiescence, the union leaders have, once again, initiated disruptive activities in the factory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has been an essential element in the technique of the aggressive states alternately to rasp the nerves of their pacific neighbours by accumulating menacing legions under arms and hypnotise the gullible into quiescence with words of good intent. The Telegraph, Europe in tension - Apr 12, 1939, 12 April 2009   sacrilegious [ sak-ruh'-LIJ-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or involving violation of anything sacred 2. guilty of blasphemy 3. contrary to what is held to be sacred   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He outraged their religious sentiment by his sacrilegious behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Burning books that contain wisdom and knowledge and experience, is seen as a sacrilegious and politically abhorrent act. BBC, What's your passion? Damon Rose, 21 November 2004.   doff [ dof, dawf ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   (tr. v.) 1. to take off or remove, part or whole of one's clothing 2. to take off or tip one's hat as a show of respect or in greeting 3. to discard; throw off; get rid of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It has become de riguer for fashion models to doff part of their skimpy outfits on the ramp in order to generate public interest in the show.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People rarely stand still and doff their caps when a funeral passes nowadays - and other vehicles on the road tend to show more impatience than deference towards the cortege. BBC, Funeral processions - etiquette and the law, Sam Weller   mishap [ MIS-hap, mis-HAP ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an accident, misfortune or bad luck   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mishap was caused due to the negligence of the driver.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Air Force says the plane was heading back to its home base in Missouri when the mishap occurred. CNN, CNN Student News Transcript: February 25, 2008, February 25, 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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