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	02-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists de facto [ dee FAK-toh, dey ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) actually existing with or without legal authority 2. (adj.) in fact or in reality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The LOC or Line of control is effectively the de facto border in Kashmir.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pakistani police have fired shots in the air and tear gas shells to disperse angry Kashmiris as a crossing on the region's de facto border was opened. BBC, Tear gas fired at Kashmir border, 7 November 2005   trite [ trahyt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. stale, hackneyed, stereotyped or overused 2. having a stale or worn out character 3. (archaic) worn out due to excessive usage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The trite joke did not elicit any laughter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jonathan Yeo said, "I was thinking that I had to find some kind of representation of that, but that it shouldn't be trite or too judgemental." BBC, Blair in first official portrait, 19 January 2008   succour [ SUHK-er ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) relief, comfort, aid or assistance 2. (n.) one who aids, comforts or relieves 3. (tr.v.) to help, aid or assist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Succour offered in monetary terms is not always welcome.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Welfare reform also provides some intellectual succour to the recently beleaguered right. Economist, Something for something, Dec 11th 2008   unrequited [ uhn-ri-KWAHY-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not reciprocated or returned in kind 2. not avenged or retaliated 3. not repaid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her friends advised her to move on and not dwell upon her unrequited love.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Perhaps, he speculated, the Almighty would continue to punish America "until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword." CNN, Commentary: Lincoln's remarkable tie to former slave, James Oliver Horton, 11 February 2009.   delirium [ di-LEER-ee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a brief, temporary state of mental confusion characterised by hallucination, delusions, incoherent speech, caused by high fever, shock, intoxication or other causes 2. a state of uncontrolled and frenzied emotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The news of her son's death left her in a state of delirium.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On Wednesday, forensic pathologist Dr David Raus told the inquest that Excited Delirium (ED), a condition some doctors believe can lead to a heart attack, was responsible for Mr Sylvester's death. BBC, 'Syndrome killed custody man', By Cindi John, BBC News Online community affairs reporter, 24 September, 2003   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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