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	10-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sponge [ spuhnj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) any aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and siliceous internal skeleton 2. (n.) a piece of porous rubber or cellulose generally used for scrubbing 3. a person who lives at the expense of someone else 4. (tr. v.) to wipe or clean 5. (tr. v.) to absorb any liquid 6. (intr.v.) to fish for sponges   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bath sponge was actually a living aquatic animal and not something manufactured out of synthetic plastic or rubber.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All a sponge does is continuously pump water through its body and siphon out the minerals and nutrients. BBC, Rare sponge crab in marine park, 20 September 2006   malicious [ muh'-LISH-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by or showing spite or hate 2. vicious or spiteful in motivation or purpose 3. malevolent or having the nature of spitefulness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was notorious for spreading malicious gossip in the college.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Prime Minister's spokesman said the claim that an investigation was ordered by Sir Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary, was "without foundation" and "malicious". The Telegraph, Gordon Brown denies 'malicious' claim he mistreated staff, 21 February 2010.   scurvy [ SKUR-vee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a sickness caused by a deficient intake of vitamin C   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many of the crew were stricken with scurvy because the captain of the ship did not care to provide his crew with a proper diet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A spokeswoman for the U.N.-affiliated group said doctors were still not completely clear about the outbreak, but now believe it to be scurvy with a secondary infection. CNN, Scurvy likely cause of Afghanistan outbreak, 8 March 2002   beeline [ BEE-lahyn ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a direct course travelled swiftly 2. (n.) a quick move in a straight course 3. (intr. v.) to move quickly in a straight course   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As soon as the work was, done he made a beeline for home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fishermen made a beeline for the harbour chip shop, for a healthy dose of Haggis and chips. BBC, US not ready to lift ban on Scottish haggis, Stephen Mulvey, 26 January 2010.   cortege [ kawr-TEZH, -TEYZH ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a train of attendants   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cortege of the dead leader attracted a huge number of onlookers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An ancient ritual, the cap horse was used in Lincoln's funeral but most famously in Kennedy's cortege, where the handsome, spirited Black Jack, a gelding Morgan and quarter horse cross, seemed representative of the slain President's vigor. National Geographic, Arlington Cemetery, By Rick Atkinson, June 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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