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	11-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists wan [ won ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pallid, languid, pale or sickly 2. (adj.) melancholic, fatigued or weary 3. (tr.v.) to become languid or pale 4. (intr.v.) to become pallid or dull   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wan face worried his mother.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the wan light of a snowy spring morning, belongings scattered on the floor of an abandoned kindergarten speak of a time before the children of Pripyat lost their innocence. National Geographic, The Long Shadow of Chernobyl, By Richard Stone, April 2006   exchequer [ EKS-chek-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a treasury of a nation or state 2. the governmental department in charge of the public revenues in the U.K.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Revenue loss due to unemployment has cost the exchequer dearly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It ends the unfair and differential treatment of part-time students whilst also demonstrating how amendments to graduate contributions could net the Exchequer £1bn for every cohort of students. The Telegraph, Commentary: reducing access to university may be Labour's legacy, Prof Les Ebdon, 22 January 2010.   beleaguer [ bi-LEE-ger ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1.to annoy frequently; to harass 2. to besiege; surround by troops   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His abrasive remarks began to beleaguer his friends.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tensions run high as McNeil's vices start to beleaguer his fellow detectives. BBC, BBC Choice acquires Denis Leary's new comedy series: The Job, TV Entertainment, 25 April, 2002   tensile [ TEN--sahyl, or, especially Amr., - suh'l, -sil ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. ductile or capable of withstanding tension 2. having the capability to withstand stretching or being drawn out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is important that only tensile material be used in order to withstand strain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It increases tensile strength and elasticity by 300 per cent. Telegraph, Tried and tested: Biolustré hair reconstructor, By Rebecca Davies, 09 Nov 2008   reticent [ RET-uh'-suh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. reserved and uncommunicative 2. prone to keep one's opinions and private affairs to oneself   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reticent man shared his feelings with no one but his precious diary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Famously reticent about explaining the meaning of his plays, Beckett found other ways to inspire actors, and was one of the most unusual and particular directors of his time. BBC, Beckett and His Actors, 9 April 2006   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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