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	28-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mutablility [ MYOO-tuh'-buh'l-uh'ti ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being capable of alteration or change   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company survived the economic disaster because of its mutability.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If Shakespeare does have any hope of survival left then it surely lies with his sheer mutability. BBC, Entertainment- What you think of the Bard, 7 September 1999.   exiguous [ ig-zig-yoo-uh' s, ik-sig- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   scanty; meagre; inadequate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His exiguous income prevented him from marrying and starting a family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So the kind, weary officials held on till all had claimed their exiguous luggage and formed for admission to passport inspection two by two. BBC, Evacuation From Bordeaux, by ageconcernslough, 25 January 2006   aversion [ uh'-VUR-zhuh' n, -shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a deep repugnance, dislike or antipathy 2. the cause of repugnance or dislike 3. an evasion or dodging of something unpleasant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She had a deep seated aversion towards sea food.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kids like that have extreme aversion to any changes. CNN, Looking for hope in the ashes, By Madison Park, November 19, 2008   tyranny [ TIR-uh'-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. oppressive or abusive use of power 2. undue harshness, strictness or severity 3. the rule of an absolute ruler   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The people rose against the tyranny of the dictator.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The president of the National Association of Head Teachers, Chris Howard, said there would be no end to its campaign until the "tyranny of testing and league tables" was over. BBC, Head teachers back ballot on Sats, by Angela Harrison, 2 May 2009   regicide [ REJ-uh'-sahyd ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the slaying of a king 2. one who slays a king   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The regicide of the King of Nepal by the crown prince seemed to defy logic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After the shock of the Kennedy regicide, some young turks such as Nick Clegg, who calculated their best chance would come when they had engineered themselves a higher media profile, organised Sir Menzies's succession. The Telegraph, Sir Menzies's choice: go now or be sacked, Andrew Pierce, 16 October 2007   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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