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	01-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists taut [ tawt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. tight, high-strung, tense or tightly stretched 2. mentally strained or stretched 3. neat and tidy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His taut facial muscles expressed his displeasure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Camara, a short man with a taut face, took the microphone, electrifying the crowd with one pronouncement after another. abcNews, Guinea Coup Leader Vows to Fight Corruption, By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press Writer, December 27, 2008   recidivism [ ri-SID-uh'-viz-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. habitual relapse into criminal or antisocial behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Social workers are actively trying to guide and help former prisoners so as to reduce their tendency towards recidivism.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He joined the many men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent. CNN, Behind the Scenes: Life after San Quentin, Stan Willson, 1 June 2009   edifice [ ED-uh'-fis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a large building or an elaborate structure of imposing appearance 2. any large, complex system or organization   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The monumental edifice served as a landmark for that zone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It stands prominently in the centre of Hull but for the undiscerning eye it could be overlooked as an ecclesiastical edifice. BBC, Sailing Norse, 3 March 2010.   emetic [ uh'-MET-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   (adj.) causing vomiting (n.) a substance that causes vomiting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The timely dose of emetic administered by the doctor managed to save the patient's life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Napoleon's doctors gave him large doses of purgatives including tarter emetic and, the day before his death, a massive dose of mercurous chloride, called calomel. National Geographic, Pick Your Poison - 12 Toxic Tales, by Cathy Newman, May 2005   acme [ AK-mee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the highest point or the height of one's achievement 2. summit or peak   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The directors told her that it was a man's world and that the manager's designation which she now held was the acme of her career.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Michael Jackson reached the acme of his career with the release of Thriller, which charted in the top ten of the Billboard 200 for eighty consecutive weeks. Media, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 773, Hardaway   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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