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	09-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists thwart [ thwawrt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to block, hinder, obstruct or prevent an untoward incident from taking place 2. (tr.v.) to pass across or extend 3. (adj.) transverse or oblique 4. (adj.) perverse or wrong 5. (n.) a seat that extends across a boat for the rower to sit on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was thwarted by the allied forces.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Everton thwarted Tottenham by winning the midfield battle but it is up front where they are today counting the cost. Telegraph, Everton victory overshadowed by Aiyegbeni Yakubu's season-ending Achilles injury, By Oliver Brown at White Hart Lane, 30 Nov 2008   quay [ kee, key, kwey ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a wharf, landing place or reinforced bank for ships to load and unload   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A new quay had to be built to accommodate the increased maritime activity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although dockers have been working normally the goods they are unloading are starting to fill up the storage space on quays and in sheds. Economist, The blockade of Britain, January 13th 1979   savor [ SEY-ver ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to relish 2. (tr. v.) to experience the taste or aroma of 3. (tr. v.) to give flavour to 4. (intr. v.) to have a pleasing taste or aroma 5. (n.) a hearty appetite for something enjoyable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He tilted his head to one side, savored the food in his mouth and then let out a sigh of approval.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He moves languidly as if to savor his dark deeds, his head and body jerking at times from an overload of brain impulses. The Telegraph, The critics' verdict on Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Rebecca Davies, 16 July 2008   dormer [ DWAR-mer  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The architect said that the benefits of adding a dormer to the house would be more natural light, fresh air and also a panoramic view.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although costs vary with the size and complexity of the project, remodeling an existing basement starts at about $20 per square foot, a fraction of what it costs to build an addition or enlarge second-floor space with dormers. CNN, Need more room? Think down, not up, Scott Gibson, 13 September 2007.   chalice [ CHAL-is ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a cup or goblet for drinking 2. a cup for the consecrated wine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For centuries, men have been in search of the chalice which Jesus used in his last supper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The deacon put the chalice in a safe place—and perhaps even sent it to Spain—before being killed. National Geographic, What's Inside Rome's Ancient Catacombs?, By Maria Cristina Valsecchi   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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