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	31-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vitriolic [ vi-tree-OL-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. caustic, scathing or biting 2. derived from or bearing a resemblance to a vitriol 3.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vitriolic speech angered a lot of people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said Tuesday that he believes Cuban's more vitriolic outbursts are "not healthy for either him or the game." abcNews, Cuban Slammed with $250,000 Fine, June 20, 2006   adumbrate [ a-DUHM-breyt, AD-uh'm-breyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to sketch, partially disclose or outline 2. to foreshadow or intimate 3. to overshadow or obscure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detective adumbrated the life of the serial killer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Paul says "I hope that technology has cut the TV correspondent's working day a bit by 2207 - in fact if you bear in mind that the way we work adumbrates the way most people will work in future, with work seeping into life and life into work, the whole concept of work hours will break down." BBC, My One Day In History - 0600-2359, by Paul Mason, 17 Oct 06   suppress [ suh'-PRES ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to keep from being made known publicly 2. to subdue or restrict the activity of 3. to check or put a stop to the expression of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fact that drugs were being sold on campus was suppressed by the Dean because he believed that the college should be spared the adverse publicity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence minister Quentin Davies has denied claims ministers suppressed a report saying billions of pounds have been wasted in defence procurement. BBC, Defence report 'not suppressed', 6 August 2009   render [ REN-der ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make or perform 2. (tr. v.) to pay 3. (tr. v.)to pass a judgement (n.) a type of plaster used by masons to surface walls   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The full nelson is a dangerous hold that can render a man unconscious.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The virus is then rendered inactive and stored for the next part of the process. CNN, CNN Student News Transcript: September 17, 2009, 17 September 2009   vise [ vahys ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a clamping device used to hold an object firmly in place while working on it 2. (tr. v.) to grip or hold firmly as in a clamp   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The locksmith was cutting a duplicate key from the key blank that was held in the vise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "All the projects are laid out on a table and we talk generally about how we're gonna take over the planet, take over the comedy and keep a vise grip on it." CNN, 'Year One' polishes forbidden fruit in comedic poke at the Bible, Doug Ganley, 18 June 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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