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	14-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rivet [ RIV-it ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a metal pin used to hold two or more plates in position 2. (tr. v.) to hold in place with rivets   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rivets are used to hold in place the metal plates of an armoured vehicle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A hole is drilled through both pieces of work, the rivet placed through it, and its end beaten into a dome. BBC, Design and Technology   subsistence [ suh'b-SIS-tuh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of existing 2. the providing of maintenance or support 3. a means of livelihood   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the old and infirm people were dependant on the dole for their subsistence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 2008, four tropical storms damaged the transportation infrastructure and agricultural sector, on which two-thirds of Haitians depend, mainly as subsistence farmers. CNN, Aid workers heading to Haiti fear for their safety, Richard Allen, 14 January 2010.   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.   avuncular [ uh'-vuhng-kyuh'-ler ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. of or something related to an uncle 2. having the characteristics of an uncle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although he had been a mediocre student in college, his avuncular, bedside manner ensured for him a flourishing medical practice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to Sigurður Arnalds, the spokesman for Landsvirkjun, the national power company—an avuncular engineer everyone calls "Siggi," whose hooded eyes and white-fringed balding head give him the same soft appeal as Mr. Magoo—the grand idea was to "export electrical power on ships in the form of aluminum." National Geographical, Iceland-Power struggle, March 2008   therapeutic [ ther-uh'-PYOO-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) possessing medicinal, curative characteristics or healing powers 2. (n.) one that possesses therapeutic characteristics   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The town is well known for the therapeutic massages offered by the local people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Prof Hugh Pennington, a leading microbiologist, said there was "no risk" involved in hospital visitors bringing flowers, which had a therapeutic effect for patients. Telegraph, Flowers banned from hospital wards, By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent, 17 Aug 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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