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	22-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists patent [ peyt-nt; also PAT-nt or, PEYT  ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the sole right to sell or manufacture an invention that has been conferred by the government 2. (adj.) conferred or protected by a patent 3. (tr.v.) to obtain the right to exclusively manufacture or sell something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He owned the patent for all of his inventions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hybrid Systems, a company he co-founded, has a broad portfolio of patents in this area and will begin clinical trials in 2009. Economist, Cancer killers, By Jan Piotrowski, Nov 19th 2008   taper [ TEY-per ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to get thinner or smaller towards the end 2. (intr.v.) to gradually reduce towards the end 3. (n.) the act of diminishing or tapering towards the end   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The edge of the sword had been tapered off so as to increase functionality   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treasuries would "taper off" when the economy no longer needed help, allowing the Fed to cease its emergency support. abcNews, Bernanke Says Fed Has Exit Strategy From Credit Policy, By Alister Bull, March 20, 2009   guileless [ GAHYL-lis ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   free of treacherous cunning   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His guileless nature made him immensely likeable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result is so utterly charming, so guileless and lovable, that it would be all too easy to get carried away. BBC, Charlotte Hatherley Grey Will Fade, 16 August 2004   omnivorous [ om-NIV-er-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. consuming everything viz. both plant and animal foods arbitrarily 2. assimilating everything in the mind intellectually   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cockroach is an omnivorous animal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Eating pond-life, supplemented with worms and grain, these omnivorous species can be the most sustainable of fish. BBC, Fish farming, by Caroline Stacey   slander [ SLAN-der ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) defamation, a false statement that harms the reputation of another or calumny 2. (tr.v.) to defame, malign or vilify 3. (intr.v.) to spread or circulate slander   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He filed a lawsuit citing slander of his good name.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Professor Allyson Pollock (April 18) is right to accuse Health Minister Andy Kerr of slander when he refers to "biased academics who seek to mislead the public with outdated and discredited arguments". The Herald, Why the Labour Party's claims about the SNP do not add up   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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