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	26-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists resuscitation [ ri-SUSH-i-tey-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of reviving from unconsciousness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Artificial resuscitation is sometimes required when a patient's respiratory illness becomes chronic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Aggressive treatments such as machine ventilation and resuscitation keep the patients alive, but they ultimately don't cure them. CNN, Religious patients more likely to get intensive life-prolonging care, Madison Park, 18 March 2008   olfactory [ ol-FAK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a sense of smell 2. (adj.) pertaining to the sense of smell 3. (n.) the sense of smell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sniffer dogs on the police force have the olfactory ability to detect bombs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Modern scavengers, such as vultures, also have relatively large olfactory lobes, as a heightened sense of smell enables them to find carrion at a distance. BBC, T.rex - Warrior or Wimp? - questions and answers, 11 March 2004.   emeritus [ i-MER-i-tuh' s ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) retaining an honorary title of one's prior position or rank even after retirement 2. (n.) a person who has retired yet retains an honorary title of prior position or rank that was held   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Although Bill Gates nowadays devotes most of his time to philanthropic causes, as Chairman emeritus he still wields huge influence on his company's policies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fleming wrote numerous papers on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy. He was elected professor of the medical school in 1928 and emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of London in 1948. BBC, Historic Figures Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955)   augury [ AW-gyuh'-ree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. divination or a rite performed while divinating 2. an indication or omen   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She believed in the practice of augury for a better future.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   BBC business editor Robert Peston warned that the 70% fall in profits was a worrying possible augury of the problems other UK banks may disclose as they report their results. BBC, Sharp profit fall for Lloyds TSB, 30 July 2008   ornithologist [ ORN-uh'-thol-uh'-jist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a bird watcher 2. a zoologist who studies birds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She caught the ornithologist and handed him over to the police saying that he was a peeping tom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The BPP program, which is operating on a minimal budget, now has more than 800 online volunteers, ranging from ornithologists to amateur bird watchers to ordinary citizens looking to translate a piece of science history. CNN, Ninety years of birdwatchers' notes going online, Azadeh Ansari, 26 March 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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