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	17-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists avenge [ uh'-VENJ ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to inflict punishment in return for some offence or injury   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being a vindictive person, he wanted to avenge the snide remarks heaped upon him by his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Colin Dalgleish, the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team captain, hopes to be given the chance to avenge the 121/2-111/2 defeat at Royal County Down in the 2009 match at Merion, Pennsylvania. The Herald, Dalgleish has revenge on his mind, DOUGLAS LOWE, Golf Correspondent, September 11 2007   venial [ VEE-nee-uh'l, VEEN-yuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. forgivable or pardonable 2. excusable, minor or slight 3. (roman catholic church) deserving temporal punishment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The act was deemed venial by a unanimous jury.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Graham Cowdrey points out most of the corruption by players which has so far been proved has been relatively venial. BBC, How to be corrupt in cricket, 25 July, 2000   stigma [ STIG-muh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the mark of dishonour 2. the stain of shame   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After testing positive for HIV, he said that he did not want to live any longer because of the social stigma attached to the disease.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nobody in a civilised society should have the burden of stigma added to the distress of coping with dementia, and everyone with the condition - not just the minority - should expect a quick diagnosis and a high level of support from health professionals. BBC, Dementia patients 'suffer stigma', Terry Pratchett, 6 October 2008   cadence [ KEYD-ns ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the rhythmic flow of sounds 2. (n.) the beat or a rhythmic pattern 3. (n.) modulation of the voice 4. (tr. v.) to make rhythmical   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cadence of the professor's voice got the rapt attention of the students.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The poetic gesture can heighten an extraordinary moment, or bring drama to a cadence. BBC, Maestro's music advisor Peter Stark reveals the secrets of conducting, Peter Stark, 22 August 2008.   clamour [ KLAM-er ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) loud uproar or protest from a crowd 2. (v.) to protest or demand loudly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a huge clamour from the crowd as the popular actor stepped out from the studio.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's a huge clamour for club membership these days with people willing to shell out as much as Rs 15 lakh for it. The Times of India, Club memberships top list of must-haves, 15 Jul 2003, Roshni Olivera,TNN   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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