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	26-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rotund [ roh-TUHND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a rounded shape 2. plump 3. loud or booming   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lady was embarassed because some of her friends commented on her husband's rotund figure during the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Abu Qarrar was young, rotund, and seemed new to the mujahedeen lifestyle. CNN, Jill Carroll: Captivity turns to desperation, 25 August 2006   antipathy [ an-TIP-uh'-thee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an aversion or basic repugnance 2. an object of natural aversion or repugnance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He showed his antipathy by abusing the people of that community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Algeria prevailed and relations between the two countries sunk into antipathy. The Telegraph, Algeria's knack of beating 'superior teams' could be bad news for Egypt and England, Duncan White, 28 January 2010.   serried [ SER-eed ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. compacted, crowded or packed closely together 2. saw-toothed or marked by ridges   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People get used to travelling in serried local trains in Mumbai.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The headstones stand now shining in the winter sun as serried ranks, meaning not, as some imagine, regular or even rows, but packed close together, leaving no space in between. BBC, Yugoslavia: Death of a country, By Allan Little BBC world affairs correspondent, 16 February, 2003   renowned [ ri-NOUND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. well-known 2. eminent 3. distinguished   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The school children sought out the renowned cricket players for their autograph.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After Bonnie, 18, aligned herself with Made-By, a sustainable fashion organisation renowned for its good work around the word, Emma, 19, has announced that she will be releasing a clothing collection in collaboration with the ethical fashion label People Tree. The Telegraph, Emma Watson and Bonnie Wright are both ethics girls, Tim Walker, 21 September 2009   exchequer [ EKS-chek-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a treasury of a nation or state 2. the governmental department in charge of the public revenues in the U.K.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Revenue loss due to unemployment has cost the exchequer dearly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It ends the unfair and differential treatment of part-time students whilst also demonstrating how amendments to graduate contributions could net the Exchequer £1bn for every cohort of students. The Telegraph, Commentary: reducing access to university may be Labour's legacy, Prof Les Ebdon, 22 January 2010.   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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