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	03-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tumult [ TOO-muh'lt, TYOO- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. commotion or noise created by a mob 2. a violent uprising, riot or revolt 3. a turbulent or violent mental outburst   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were called to control the tumult caused by the protestors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult, of the soul. The Times of India, Quality Control, 11 Dec 2006   redoubtable [ ri-DOU-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. alarming, formidable or arousing awe 2. eminent, illustrious or commanding respect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The redoubtable Duke of Devonshire was a shrewd, strategic thinker.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Jacques Rogge, redoubtable president of the IOC, has admitted that there could be as many as 30-40 positive dope tests this year. The Times of India, Scrap the Games, by Yamini Lohia, 21 Aug 2008   tenure [ TEN-yer ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instance or act of possessing or holding something 2. (n.) the term or period of holding something 3. (n.) status granted to an employee after his probationary period 4. (tr.v.) to give tenure to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tenure of each member of the Rajya Sabha is generally six years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The prehistoric horse would have been a good survival candidate, based on its long tenure in the fossil record. National Geographic, Mammoth Extinction Caused by Trees, Study Suggests, Anne Minard for Naional Geographic News, May 10, 2006   slake [ sleyk ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to satisfy 2. (tr. v.) to quench 3. (tr. v.) to reduce the intensity of 4. (intr. v.) to undergo the quenching process   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They found themselves in an arid wasteland and had no water to slake their thirst.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You can slake your thirst with Somerset and Devonshire ales (Otter and Branscombe), local organic soft drinks, Devon cider or the most fabulous Phillips of Bristol old English lovage and brandy cocktail. The telegraph, Somerset Pub Guide: Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St George, Belinda Richardson, 21 March 2008   rarefy [ RAIR-uh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause to become less dense 2. (tr. v.) to make pure 3. (intr. v.) to become less dense   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The air was so rarefied at the top of the mountain that the mountaineers suffered from laboured breathing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the occlusion of the stop, pulling the glottis downward rarefies the air in the vocal tract. Wikipedia, Implosive consonant   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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