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	22-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists incipient [ in-SIP-ee-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. beginning to appear or at an initial stage 2. starting to develop   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His plant had spouted incipient buds which would bloom after a week.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Every time I visit Lewis Towers, my mother checks my eyelids for signs of incipient anaemia, wraps me in a rug and lays me out on the sofa while she rubs my toes. The Telegraph, We have lost the habit of caring for our elders, Jemima Lewis, 6 February 2010.   stoke [ stohk ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to stir up, feed or fuel a fire 2. (tr.v.) to tend or fuel a furnace 3. (tr.v.) to intensify or activate 4. (intr.v.) to tend or fuel a fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He stoked the flames by adding fuel to the fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A wildfire stoked by heavy winds, high temperatures and low humidity burned high-end homes Wednesday in the foothills of Santa Barbara County, California. CNN, Wildfires scorch parts of California, Arizona, May 7, 2009   sober [ SOH-ber ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) abstaining from drugs and alcohol 2. (adj.) a calm and quiet manner 3. (adj.) plain, straightforward not showy 4. (v.) to recover from an intoxicated state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was the only sober person at the party and was amused by the display of drunken antics though he could not figure out why they were so desperately trying to make fools of themselves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Singer George Michael has said he was "stone cold sober" when he was arrested after a car crash. BBC, Michael 'sober' at crash arrest, 15 August 2009   transcendental [ tran-sen-DEN-tl ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) being beyond ordinary experiences 2. (adj.) superior or surpassing the ordinary 3. (adj.) supernatural or metaphysical 4. (n.) categories that have universal application, as being, one, true, good   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He studied the technique of transcendental meditation under the guidance of a master.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The limits of his transcendental personality in terms of results are becoming as apparent abroad as they are at home. The Telegraph, Barack Obama: stumbling towards isolationism, Toby Harnden, 6 February 2010.   rift [ rift ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a break in a friendly relationship 2. (n.) a narrow opening or fissure 3. (n.) the shallow portion of a canal 4. (tr. v.) to cause to crack 5. (intr. v.) to crack   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The row over the ancestral property caused a rift in the family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Taylor confirmed that there has been no rift between the two, saying: "We haven't had a fall-out and there is no rift." BBC, Collymore denies rift with Taylor, 4 September 2000   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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