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	01-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nostalgia [ no-STAL-juh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a sentimental longing for the happiness of a former place or time 2. a condition of being homesick or a display of homesickness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old man talked about the carefree days of his childhood with nostalgia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Daniel Radcliffe, now 20, told CNN with a hint of nostalgia about his first day on set in Goathland railway station in northern England. CNN, 'Harry Potter' stars look back on nine years of magic, Teo Kermeliotis, December 2009.   bruit [ broot ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) (medicine) any general abnormal sound heard on auscultation (the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis). 2. (n.) (archaic) rumour; report 3. (n.) (archaic) noise; din; clamour 4. (tr. v.) to spread rumour; repeat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bruit detected by the doctor using a stethoscope indicated that the patient needed medical attention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Using a stethoscope to listen to your carotid arteries, your doctor can detect a noise, called a 'bruit', made by turbulent blood flow through a narrowed artery. BBC, Strokes, 11th May 2001   tyro [ TAHY-roh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a novice, amateur or one who is just beginning to learn something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tyro will undergo two months of training.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The champions argue that it makes more sense for them, and also in the long run for England, if tyros come under their enlightened wing earlier. Telegraph, Premier League plan for elite boarders, By Henry Winter, 08 Oct 2008   quirk [ kwurk ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an idiosyncrasy, whim, or peculiar mannerism or trait 2. (n.) a sharp turn or twist 3. (n.) an accident or vagary 4. (n.) a subterfuge, shift or quibble 5. (tr.v.) to form with a twist or curve 6. (adj.) formed with a curve or twist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His quirks made him stand out in a crowd   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The small town in Kansas which shared the programme's name was spared the effects of the attacks by a geographical quirk. BBC News, Heroes in the thick of it in 2007, By Kevin Young, 24 December 2007   scorch [ skawrch ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to burn slightly so as to cause discolouration 2. (tr. v.) to wither with heat 3. (tr. v.) to subject to severe criticism censure; excoriate 4. (intr. v.) to become singed 5. (intr. v.) to move at a very fast pace 6. (n.) the mark left by a slight burn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Arabs wear a keffiyeh to prevent being scorched by the heat of the desert sun.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Of course the fires still happen, but instead of being small and their effects being benign, they scorch the earth, and damage the capacity of the soil to function again. The Telegraph, How's your carbon footprint doing? Goeffrey Lean, 4 September 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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