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	22-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists solvent [ SOL-vuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) capable of meeting or repaying legal debts 2. (adj.) capable of dissolving 3. (n.) a substance dissolving another when forming a solution 4. (n.) one providing a solution   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Solvent funds are the need of the hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Illegal sales of aerosols containing solvents took place in 95% of shops checked by a survey in Derbyshire. BBC, Shop sting reveals solvent sales, 24 March, 2005   salacious [ suh'-LEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lecherous 2. promoting sexual desire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The salacious old man was arrested for indecent behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are thought to have asked to see the script to ensure the plot is not too salacious. The Telegraph, Film reignites Indian passions over Mountbatten affair, Dean Nelson, 18 September 2009   mutablility [ MYOO-tuh'-buh'l-uh'ti ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being capable of alteration or change   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company survived the economic disaster because of its mutability.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If Shakespeare does have any hope of survival left then it surely lies with his sheer mutability. BBC, Entertainment- What you think of the Bard, 7 September 1999.   semblance [ SEM-bluh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. form or outward appearance 2. a copy, likeness or representation 3. modicum or trace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A semblance of order has to exist for things to run smoothly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An Iraqi member of staff at the BBC Baghdad bureau reflects on the return of traffic police and some semblance of order to Baghdad's streets. BBC, Viewpoint: Law and order Iraqi style, 3 March 2009   reminiscent [ rem-uh'-NIS-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. arousing memories of somewhat similar instances 2. suggestive or indicative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He presented his girlfriend with a perfume that had a floral scent reminiscent of spring.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In scenes reminiscent of the Will Ferrell film Anchorman, Mr Anastos appeared oblivious to the slip, even as his co-presenter Dari Alexander's eyes visibly bulged with shock. The Telegraph, Fox news anchor Ernie Arnastos's obscene chicken slip is instant internet catchphrase, Tom Chivers, 21 September 2009   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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