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	23-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists cohabit [ koh-HAB-it ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to live together although not legally married 2. to coexist or dwell together 3. to share an intimate relationship   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Couples could not cohabit in that self-righteous town without first getting married.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jill Goldman, a family law expert at Thomas Eggar, said: "It is true that these days most people cohabit for a while before marriage and therefore, they are that much older on average when they marry than they would have been in the 1960s and 1970s and earlier. The Telegraph, People 'committed' to marriage, as divorce rates fall, Harry Wallop, 28 January 2010.   colander [ KUHL-uh' n-der, KOL- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a bowl-shaped plastic or metal container with perforations, used for draining and rinsing food   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Without a colander, cooking rice and trying to drain away the liquid becomes an arduous task.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While some of the light from the flashlight will travel through its holes, the solid part of the colander will keep much of the light from shining through. The Times of India, Light flows through metal like liquid, 31 Mar 2007   aviary [ EY-vee-er-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a place, cage or enclosure that is used to confine birds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The aviary was a place of tourist interest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The thieves climbed over a wall into the victim's back garden and disabled the special alarm on the aviary by cutting its wires. BBC, Parrots stolen from garden aviary, 11 September 2007   vitreous [ VI-tree-uh's ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) glassy or having characteristics of glass like glossiness and hardness 2. (adj.) made or derived from glass 3. (adj.) pertaining to or comprising the vitreous humour 4. (n.) the vitreous humour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Its vitreous nature made it fragile.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Granite worktops and stainless steel sinks in the kitchen are replaced by Kota stone slabs and vitreous China sinks. The Times of India, Honey, they've shrunk the room!, 19 Apr 2009   grimace [ GRIM-uh' s, gri-MEYS ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a distorted facial expression often indicating discomfort, pain, disgust etc. 2. (v.) to make distorted facial expressions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thought of entering the dark, filthy alley made him grimace.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They found changes in facial expression, including a grimace, squeezing eyes shut and furrowing the brow, were best indicators the baby was in pain. Telegraph, Babies feel more pain than doctors realise, 24 June 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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