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	06-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists raiment [ REY-muh' nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   apparel, garment, clothing or attire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The home minister was criticized for being more concerned about his raiment than the state of affairs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Blair clothes himself in the white raiment of pietyBlair clothes himself in the white raiment of piety and Alastair Campbell does just as he likes. Telegraph, We now have a Prime Minister of unbridled power, unbridled narcissism, unbridled spin, 02 Mar 2002   repulsive [ ri-PUHL-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. distasteful 2. tending to fend off   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most people find him repulsive due to his lewd comments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Far more repulsive are the South American drugs warlords, while Feiling's account of the vile conditions, terror, corruption and exploitation in Medellín or Kingston will make many readers shudder. The Telegraph, The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over the World By Tom Feiling: review, Richard Davenport- Hines, 9 August 2009   shear [ sheer ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to remove the hair or fleece from 2. (tr. v.) to cut or clip 3. (intr. v.) to use a cutting tool to clip hair or fleece 4. (n.) a pair of clippers like a scissors   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sheep farmer sheared the wool and sent it to the factory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Erlend and our friend Grahmme worked out a trade: he'd shear our sheep and Erlend would lend him a tractor and grass topper. BBC, Sheep shearing! 23 June 2007.   dawdle [ DAWD-l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.)to idle away; to waste time 2. (intr. v.)to loiter or saunter; to move slowly 3. (tr.v.) to spend fruitlessly; trifle away   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During adolescence, it would be unwise to dawdle away one's time on trivial pursuits.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The scenery is great, the wildlife fantastic. However the proper way to appreciate it is not to dawdle along at 20mph (especially on 'A' roads, or around Loch Ness), find a place to stop and enjoy it properly. BBC, Countryside Etiquette, 29th August 2003   stanch [ stawnch ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. to stop the flow of blood from a wound 2. steadfast or resolute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctors stanched the profuse bleeding by tying a tourniquet around his leg just above the gash.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By the time they had stanched the flow, he had less than two pints of blood left. CNN, For amputees, an unlikely painkiller: Mirrors, Saundra Young, 19 March 2008   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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