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	27-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tatterdemalion [ tat-er-di-MEYL-yuh'n, -MAL- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person dressed in rags; a shabby person 2. (adj.) ragged or shabby appearance; unkempt, dilapidated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The huge number of tatterdemalions in the refugee camps made for depressing viewing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In effect, the Mbuti are gaining their independence—which in Congo's feral east means they are free to lose everything to the tatterdemalion parade of pilgrims, many in far worse straits, who trod the dying remnants of the trans-African highways built by the colonial Belgians. National Geographic, Who Rules The Forest, By Paul Salopek   transmute [ trans-MYOOT, tranz- ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to undergo transformation from one form or condition to another 2. (intr.v.) to undergo the process of transmutation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The creature in the movie transmuted from an alien form to a human form at will.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suspension of disbelief is one thing but when a genetically-modifed spider bites Peter Parker causing him to transmute into a superhero one would expect our lead to raise even one eyebrow in surprise. BBC, Spider-Man's weary crawl, 5 June, 2002   convene [ kuh'n-VEEN ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to assemble or come together 2. (tr. v.) to convoke or cause to assemble formally 3. (tr. v.) to summon or order to appear before   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The members of the society convened to vote on certain pressing issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The meeting, convened on the sidelines of an international conference on Afghanistan, included representatives from 21 Western and Arab nations. CNN, Yemen counters rebels' offer with own preconditions, 31 January 2010.   diffident [ DIF-i-duh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lacking in self-confidence; timid; shy 2. unassertive; reserved in manner or speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His diffident personality ensured that he would never become a manager.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bell put his successful return down to extra work not only on technique but also on his presence at the crease, after being described as diffident during the Ashes. BBC, Bell puts Pakistan before Ashes, 15 August 2006   vignette [ vin-YET ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a design, illustration or picture that is put for decoration on the cover, front page or last page of a book 2. (n.) (of a movie or play) a scene or a short incident 3. (n.) a brief descriptive literary sketch 4. (tr.v.) to illustrate or portray briefly 5. (tr.v.) to complete or finish (a photograph, illustration or picture) like a vignette   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She put in a lot of effort to create the vignette.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a tiny little vignette of how things have changed. BBC, "It totally changed my life", by Chris Verguson   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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