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	08-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists slate [ sleyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a fine grained rock that splits into layers 2. (n.) a record of previous activities 3. a dark bluish grey colour 4. (tr. v.) to cover with layers of rock 5. (tr. v.) to schedule 6. (adj.) made out of layers of fine grained rock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The slate from the quarry is used to make heat resistant roof tiles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Slate is formed when mud with high levels of clay was compacted and squeezed at high temperature during continental shifts some 300-400 million years ago. BBC, Slate mining in Wales   ecclesiastic [ ih-klee-zee-AS-tik ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a clergyman or a person of a religious order 2. a cleric 3. a priest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The orphanage was run by ecclesiastics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clifford Williams wanted the High Court to let him undertake what would have been a groundbreaking test case against ecclesiastic law. BBC, Defrocked vicar refused appeal, 23 October 1998.   coxswain [ KOK-suh' n, -sweyn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who usually steers a boat or is in charge of one   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being the strongest rower his position as the coxswain of his college rowing team was secure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After graduating from Yale with a bachelor's degree in American studies, he competed as a coxswain in five world championships and in the 1988 Olympics, guiding the U.S. men's eight to a bronze medal. National Geographic, Bio, SETH BAUER   vacuous [ VAK-yoo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. devoid of or lacking matter or contents 2. stupid, inane or deficient in ideas and intelligence 3. vacant or lacking expression 4. idle or lacking purpose   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His vacuous expression convinced people that he was a dull person.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In August, a leaked memo allegedly from Tony Blair's office written last Autumn described Mr Brown's leadership as "vacuous" and confused. Telegraph, Financial crisis: Gordon Brown set for first Prime Minister's Questions after turbulent summer, By Chris Irvine, 08 Oct 2008   tithe [ tahyth' ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one tenth of one's salary offered to god or paid to the clergy for the upkeep of the church 2. (intr.v.) to offer or pay a tithe 3. (tr.v.) to pay or give a tithe   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tithe was collected every month to ensure the upkeep of the parish.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A festival spokesman pointed out that money from the festival went back into the village, such as the restoration of an ancient tithe barn and the village hall. BBC, Life in the festival village, By Ian Youngs BBC News Online in Pilton, Somerset, 27 June, 2003   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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