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	07-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists cornucopia [ kawr-nuh'-KOH-pee-uh', -nyuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abundant, inexhaustible supply 2. a goat's horn filled with fruits, grain, drink, etc. symbolising abundance 3. a container shaped like a cone or a horn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cornucopia of channels on television means that the average viewer is starved for choice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A mere change of registration from Republican to independent has garnered him a cornucopia of free and favorable publicity some candidates do not receive in a year of campaigning. Chronicles Magazine, Will Bloomberg Swift-Boat Hillary? by Patrick J. Buchanan   rancorous [ RANG-ker-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. full of bitterness 2. resentful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rancorous youth was arrested while trying to damage public property.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Members of Congress will come back from their summer break in September to a plate full of health care reform -- that's if they survive the latest rancorous and sometimes violent town hall meetings. CNN, Analysis: Health care will run into spending bills after recess, Ed Hornick, 11 august 2009   stratum [ STREY-tuh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one of many horizontal layers of material 2. a level of society composed of people with similar cultural, social or economic status 3. any of a number of levels, or divisions in an organized system 4. a layer of body tissue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The explorers chanced upon a stratum of gold deep within the mountains.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The upper stratum of the political class in the United States -- the candidates, the activists, the interest group leaders -- they are in fact more divided than they have been in quite a while. CNN, The polarization myth, Lou Dobbs, 20 October 2004.   guffaw [ guh'-FAW, guh'- ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   (n.) a loud and boisterous burst of laughter (v.) to laugh loudly and boisterously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sanctimonious speeches delivered by politicians on the eve of any election makes one guffaw.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It makes you guffaw and it reminds you of how terribly slothful music has become. BBC, Mad About The Bowie, by Stuart Bailie, 10 July 2008   thespian [ THES-pee-uh'n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) dramatic or related to drama 2. (adj.) characteristic of or pertaining to thespis 3. (n.) an actress or actor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Thespian performances were rare, which is why the crowd swarmed around the ticket window to ensure a seat.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Born in Ilford, east London, in 1941, Campbell attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the training ground of Britain's thespian elite. abcNews, Obituaries in the News, By The Associated Press, September 3, 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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