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	28-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists spate [ speyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a rush, outpouring or sudden outburst 2. a flood, freshet or inundation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He voiced a spate of arguments to defend his friend.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police are warning people living on South Tyneside to secure their homes following a spate of sneak-in thefts. BBC, Lock up warning after theft spate, 23 February 2009   repast [ ri-PAST ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a meal 2. (intr. v.) to eat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hikers stopped for a light repast at noon before continuing on their way.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It may not be their intention, but that leisurely repast keeps them out of the sun during the peak times for sun damage, which can lead to skin cancer. CNN, What your doctor doesn't have time to tell you, Sally Wadyka, 7 September 2009   purge [ purj ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to free from or remove impurities 2. (tr. v.) to get rid of undesirable people or things 3. (tr. v.) to cause or induce evacuation of the bowels 4. (intr. v.) to become clean or pure 5. (intr. v.) to undergo or cause an emptying of the bowels 4. (n.) the act of emptying the bowels 5. (n.) the elimination of members of any organization who are considered undesirable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They believed that they would be purged of their sins if they plunged into the Ganges river.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has stepped up his purge of the nation's financial sector. The Telegraph, Hugo Chavez steps urge purge of Venezuelan banks, 8 December 2009.   vent [ vent ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a tiny opening or outlet used to provide a means to escape or to serve as a passage 2. (tr.v.) to release by allowing passage 3. (intr.v.) to discharge or release   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All houses had a secret vent, known only to family members, to use to in times of emergency.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A volcanic vent marks a volcano on the ocean floor. National Geographic, Water Wonders   remnant [ REM-nuh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) remainder, residue or something that is left over 2. (n.) a vestige, fragment or trace 3. (n.) a small group of people who are still surviving 4. (n.) a piece of cloth or fabric that's unused 5. (adj.) left over or remaining   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The remnants of the battle of Trafalgar were horrifying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nigel Tisdall sails in Captain Cook's wake on a cruise through the dreamy South Pacific and finds remnants of the Empire. Telegraph, South Pacific cruise: Voyage through the Commonwealth, by Nigel Tisdall, 09 Mar 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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