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	19-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists decapitate [ di-KAP-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to behead; to cut off the head of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the French revolution a guillotine was used to decapitate people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police say the swan was held down "with some degree of force" before a knife was used to decapitate it. BBC, £1,000 reward after swan beheaded, 4 April 2007   trenchant [ TREN-chuh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. caustic, penetrating or incisive in nature 2. energetic , effective or forceful 3. distinct, sharply defined or clear-cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was known for his trenchant wit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hughes became an increasingly trenchant critic of Adams following the IRA's 1997 decision to call a cease-fire so that Sinn Fein could join peace talks on Northern Ireland's future. abcNews, IRA Figure Brendan Hughes Dies, February 19, 2008   substantiate [ suh' b-STAN-shee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to confirm or prove using evidence 2. to embody or give form or material to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Any accusation has to be substantiated with hard evidence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a formal statement requested by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Legend made the first move to substantiate news reports and industry talk of a Legend-AOL China alliance. CNN, Legend confirms AOL's move into China, By CNN's Kristie Lu Stout, June 5, 2001   dank [ dangk ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unpleasantly wet or damp; moist, and often chilly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Heavy rains made the cat seek refuge in the dank cellar.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the start of The Killer in Me, its Z-list celebrity cast was filmed standing in what looked like a dank, defunct prison cell or a long-abandoned Victorian asylum. The Herald, Cure for boredom: eat more fish, DAVID BELCHER, November 09 2007   translucent [ trans-LOO-suh'nt, tranz- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lucid, transparent or clear 2. capable of transmitting light but in such a way that the images being perceived through it are not perceived distinctly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The translucent surface of the river made it possible to see the fish swimming near the river bed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Its translucent skin strikes a knowing relationship to the industrial sheds that characterise this down-at-heel corner of the capital. Telegraph, The 50 most inspiring buildings in Britain, By Ellis Woodman, 19 Nov 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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