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	25-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists veneer [ vuh'-NEER ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a thin layer of wood that is glued to the surface of inferior wood 2. (n.) facade or superficial or deceptive pleasing appearance or experience 3. (tr.v.) to overlay inferior wood with a thin sheet of wood for decoration 4. (tr.v.) to conceal or hide under superficial attractiveness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The contractor decided to cover up the floor with veneer in order to reduce refurbishing costs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Avoid polished furniture in areas that receive direct sunlight because sometimes the veneer looses it natural colour. The Times of India, User Friendly, 20 Feb 2005   serration [ se-REY-shuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a saw-toothed edge 2. in the form of small sharp projections or sawlike   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jungle knife had serrations along one edge of the blade while the other edge was smooth and razor sharp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The serrations make gripping slippery prey, such as fish and frogs, much easier. BBC, Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)   gerrymander [ JER-i-man-der ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the division of a state into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible 2. (tr. v.) to configure the voting districts so that one party gets an unfair advantage over the other in the election   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their party's victory in the recent election was due to a major gerrymander.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The renewal meant that the Justice Department could continue to insist on district maps that were carefully racially gerrymandered to elect black and Hispanic candidates. CNN, Commentary: Identity politics in the age of Obama. Abigail Thernstrom, 4 June 2009.   dastardly [ DAS-terd-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cowardly 2. malicious; characterised by underhanded treachery; sneaking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Terrorists are carrying out dastardly bomb blasts in various cities in the country in order to foment violence between communities.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The dastardly attacks on September 11, 2001 will be an indelible date in U.S. history—and, in their shared hour of agony on that fateful day, one more bond between two sister cities. National Geographic, Comment: Washington, New York—Bonded by History, Edward C. Smith, American University, October 5, 2001   antediluvian [ an-tee-di-LOO-vee-uh' n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of or pertaining to the era before the biblical flood 2. (adj.) antiquated; very old or primitive; belonging to an earlier time 3. (n.) a person who lived before the flood 4. (n.) a very old person; a person or a thing who is very old-fashioned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crocodile is one of the very few animals that has survived from antediluvian times.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It now appears likely that this version of the king-list tradition also contains the name of nine antediluvian kings and a narrative account of the flood, although only a few hints of it remain in the very fragmentary text. Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis, By John Van Seters   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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