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	09-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists trepidation [ trep-i-DEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. fear or apprehension 2. tremor or a sudden, quivering motion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She trembled with trepidation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For many of us, the idea of making bread at home brings up two distinct feelings: delight and trepidation. National Geographic, Flat Breads Rule, No Loafing Around, by Amy Topel   serried [ SER-eed ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. compacted, crowded or packed closely together 2. saw-toothed or marked by ridges   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People get used to travelling in serried local trains in Mumbai.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The headstones stand now shining in the winter sun as serried ranks, meaning not, as some imagine, regular or even rows, but packed close together, leaving no space in between. BBC, Yugoslavia: Death of a country, By Allan Little BBC world affairs correspondent, 16 February, 2003   renowned [ ri-NOUND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. well-known 2. eminent 3. distinguished   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The school children sought out the renowned cricket players for their autograph.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After Bonnie, 18, aligned herself with Made-By, a sustainable fashion organisation renowned for its good work around the word, Emma, 19, has announced that she will be releasing a clothing collection in collaboration with the ethical fashion label People Tree. The Telegraph, Emma Watson and Bonnie Wright are both ethics girls, Tim Walker, 21 September 2009   strident [ STRAHYD-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of sound) harsh, shrill, creaking or grating 2. having an irritating or shrill characteristic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The strident tone of the bells announced that the guests had arrived.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 'World-is-my-Oyster Mr Arrogant' whose tone is strident, booming, with emphasis and pauses in all the right places, is insufferable too. The Times of India, O-zone: Are you freaking fantastic?, 30 Nov 2008   rabid [ RAB-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. furious, violent or raging 2. fanatical, over-zealous or extreme in practice 3. affected with or having rabies   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rabid dog was perceived to be a threat by the villagers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We cannot allow our police officers to shoot and kill our citizens without justification like rabid dogs, District Attorney Eddie Jordan said. CNN, New Orleans police indicted in bridge shootings, January 2, 2007   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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