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	27-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists blanch [ blanch, blahnch ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to whiten or bleach 2. (tr.v.) to make pale or devoid of colour 3. (tr.v.) to scald in order to remove skin or prepare for freezing 4. (intr.v.) to turn or become pale or white   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They blanched the cloth to suit their needs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When the plants are about 30cm (12in) tall, tie the stems loosely and gradually earth them up as they grow to blanch them. BBC, Gardening, Plant finder results   yen [ yen ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) yearning, desire or craving 2. (n.) the currency of Japan 3. (tr.v.) to yearn for or desire something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her yen for better things in life became an obsession.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A yen for uplift isn't just a sentimental reflex. CNN, What really makes people happy, by Jessica Winter, May 1, 2009   reminiscence [ rem-uh'-NIS-uh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. recollection of certain ideas that may have been known in a prior existence 2. a remembrance, recollection or memory of something experienced in the past 3. one that reminds of or is suggestive of another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His reminiscence of past happenings spooked his family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It might seem quite natural for the elderly to often slip happily into reminiscence but living in the past could indicate dissatisfactionwith the present, says psychologists. The Times of India, Living in past dissatisfaction with present, Living in past dissatisfaction with present31 Mar 2006   solvent [ SOL-vuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) capable of meeting or repaying legal debts 2. (adj.) capable of dissolving 3. (n.) a substance dissolving another when forming a solution 4. (n.) one providing a solution   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Solvent funds are the need of the hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Illegal sales of aerosols containing solvents took place in 95% of shops checked by a survey in Derbyshire. BBC, Shop sting reveals solvent sales, 24 March, 2005   salacious [ suh'-LEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lecherous 2. promoting sexual desire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The salacious old man was arrested for indecent behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are thought to have asked to see the script to ensure the plot is not too salacious. The Telegraph, Film reignites Indian passions over Mountbatten affair, Dean Nelson, 18 September 2009   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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