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	10-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists 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   banter [ BAN-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to playfully ridicule or tease 2. (intr.v.) to tease playfully 3. (n.) a playful exchange of teasing remarks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They bantered all through the night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I don't mind a bit of the friendly banter going on but I've said right from the start that I don't like, and won't like, any personal barrages towards anyone. Pointing said. The Times of India, Ponting sees sledging as friendly banter, 5 Jun 2002   uncouth [ uhn-KOOTH ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. clumsy, outlandish or unmannerly 2. crude, boorish or undefined 3. strange, unusual or ungraceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His uncouth behaviour was embarrassing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The working-class people were "rough" and "tough" and sometimes "uncouth". BBC, Beware the working class, 6 February 2009   rejuvenation [ ri-JOO-vuh'-ney-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the process of becoming young again 2. the act of restoring vitality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rejuvenation of the body could be achieved by drinking the elixir of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In fiction, there is an increasing amount of work being done on possibilities of rejuvenation treatments, and the effect this would have on society. Wikipedia, Rejuvenation (aging)   indices [ IN-duh'-seez ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the plural of index 2. lists that serve to guide or otherwise facilitate reference 3. numbers that represent the change in value of an aggregate of goods, services or other measurables in comparison with similar reference numbers for a previous year or specific period of time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After considering the market indices around the world, a leading brokerage firm cautioned that there would be volatility in share prices this week.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thus when consumer indices start to stutter this could indicate the beginning of the end of recession and such signs could lead to revitalisation of stock markets. BBC, Your views: What's a recession? 10 September 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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