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	05-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists substantiate [ suh' b-STAN-shee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to confirm or prove using evidence 2. to embody or give form or material to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Any accusation has to be substantiated with hard evidence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a formal statement requested by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Legend made the first move to substantiate news reports and industry talk of a Legend-AOL China alliance. CNN, Legend confirms AOL's move into China, By CNN's Kristie Lu Stout, June 5, 2001   vilify [ VIL-uh'-fahy ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to malign, defame, slander or speak ill of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They vilified his name in order to seek revenge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many abroad vilify Mr Putin - who led Russia as president for eight years and remains its most powerful man despite stepping down and becoming prime minister. BBC, Russia fleet 'may leave Ukraine', By Mark Franchetti, 18 October 2008   throng [ thrawng, throng ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) crowd or multitude of people 2. (tr.v.) to jostle, crowd or throng 3. (intr.v.) to assemble, throng or crowd   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A throng of protestors gathered in front of the Parliament House.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At least 20,000 people throng the streets of Bunol, in Spain, to participate in a giant tomato fight. BBC, In pictures: Tomatina festival, 25 August, 2004   steeply [ steep-lee ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. In the manner of a sharp incline 2. In a precipitous way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We followed the trail until we came to a hill that ascended too steeply to climb without proper equipment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US Open Centre Court is very imposing and is one of the most steeply banked in the world, so it's like a cauldron, he says. BBC, Why are tennis players so badly behaved? 14 September 2009   warble [ WAWR-buh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to sing with trills or quavers 2. (tr. v.) to yodel 3. (intr. v.) to carol or express one's feelings in song 4. (n.) a song which has a succession of trills or quavers or the act of singing with trills and quavers 5. (n.) a lump or tumour on the back of a horse or on the back of cattle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He used a tape recorder with a powerful microphone to record the warble of birds on his birdwatching jaunts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Music weaves New Orleans' past with its present, and the infinite jazz variations -- from the ethereal warble of classic Dixieland to the tuba-powered street funk of brass bands -- serve as a soundtrack to this storied city. CNN, Savor the sound of the Crescent City, Wayne Curtis, 22 Decemnber 2008.   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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