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	20-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hatch [ hach ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause young to emerge from eggs by brooding or incubating 2. (tr. v.) to produce or bring forth young ones 3. (tr. v.) to plan or devise 4. (intr. v.) to break out of an egg or emerge from an egg 5. (n.) a doorway in the floor or roof of a building 2. (n.) an opening in the deck through which cargo is loaded or unloaded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the eggs hatch the chicks hide under the wings of the mother hen.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In time, if the competition regulators allow it, the deal – hatched over a few hours in a Mayfair flat – may prove the doubters wrong. The Telegraph, Lehman collapse: Lloyds and HBOS a disastrous deal hatched in a Mayfair flat, Philip Aldrick, 16 September 2009.   akimbo [ uh'-KIM-boh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in a position in which the hands are on the hips and elbows extend outwards 2. (adj.) placed in a way such that the hands are on the hips and the elbows extend outward   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He stood by the doorway and together with his height, his muscular build and arms akimbo- he made for an imposing and intimidating figure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sitting in his small house near Mann's compound on the town's outskirts, annu devotedly dips his hands into the mound of clay as he shapes out various postures of Ganesha --standing with hands akimbo, nataraja-style and what not. The Times of India, Creating god is their job, 9 Aug 2001, TNN   unobtrusive [ uhn-uh'b-TROO-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   reticent, inconspicuous or reserved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was regarded as the classic example of an unobtrusive wife.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Slim and unobtrusive, the Door Guardian comes in several finishes, including brass. CNN, What to put between you and burglars, January 11, 2008   terrapin [ TER-uh'-pin ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a turtle from north america   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Terrapins are often found in fresh water.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   China's appetite for turtle soup has already reduced populations of Maryland's state reptile, the diamondback terrapin. National Geographic, China's Turtle Farms Threaten Rare Species, Experts Say, Scott Norrist for Naional Geographic News, March 23, 2007   reconcile [ REK-uh'n-sahyl ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause to become friendly 2. (tr. v.) to force oneself to accept a situation which one does not like 3. (intr. v.) to become amicable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The directors agreed that they would reconcile their differences and work for the common good of the company.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pair had split in November after two years of dating, but reconciled shortly after finding out she was pregnant. CNN, Kourtney Kardashian agonized over whether to keep baby, David Caplan, 19 August 2009   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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