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	12-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists aphasia [ uh'-FEY-zhuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the partial or complete loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was admitted to a special school because he suffered from aphasia after he sustained a head injury during the accident.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People with primary progressive aphasia may have trouble naming objects or may misuse word endings, verb tenses, conjunctions and pronouns. CNN, Primary progressive aphasia, 1 August 2008.   coerce [ KOH-urs ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to force by using authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The US is trying to find ways in which to coerce China into reducing its vast trade surplus which it enjoys at present.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scientists have found a way to coerce computers into doing science without the consent of their owners. BBC, Doing science by stealth, 29 August 2001   aver [ uh'-VUR ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to assert, declare, state or affirm as the truth or fact 2. (law) to declare or state formally   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He averred that he would win the game.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Now, there will be some who will aver that there is a "Scottish dimension" to the issue of compulsory ID cards. Telegraph, Scottish Parliament must do the math before its next ID cards crisis, By Alan Cochrane, 19 Dec 2008   quorum [ KWAWR-uh' m, KWOHR- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. majority or the minimum number of members that are needed in order to conduct proceedings 2. a chosen or select group   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tour arrangers made it clear that the trip would proceed only if the required quorum of registrations was met.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The head of the Republican National Committee said the convention would on Monday meet to establish a quorum, adopt convention rules, elect officers and approve the party platform. BBC News, Gustav dominates Republican event, 2 September 2008   scurry [ SKUR-ee, SKUHR-ee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to hurry or scamper hastily 2. (tr.v.) to send along in a hurried manner 3. (n.) a scamper or rush   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mice scurried around the dingy hallway.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The NPA (news preparation area) is where, every hour, the bulletin-reader of the day will scurry along into, anxiously rehearsing to themselves the main headlines as they go. BBC, NPA or The Bulletin Studio   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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