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	15-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rebuke [ ri-BYOOK ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to reprove or express sharp, stern disapproval of 2. (tr. v.) to reprimand or admonish 3. (tr. v.) check or repress 4. (n.) a sharp, stern disapproval or a reprimand   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher rebuked the children who did not complete their homework assignment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The rebuke comes after China warned that Washington risked damaging US-China relations if it went ahead with the meeting, however analysts said the China's carefully calibrated response indicated that Beijing was not going to overreact. The Telegraph, China summons US ambassador to protest Barack Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama, Peter Foster, 19 February 2010.   coeval [ koh-EE-vuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   belonging to the same age or period   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Archaeologists regard the two great cities of the Indus valley civilization- Mohenjo Daro and Harappa- to be approximately coeval.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The statues, revealed by the excavations, were of a type that was coeval physically. BBC, Slippery Stage, By Tim Bearder   sophistry [ SOF-uh'-stree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a tricky, seemingly plausible method of reasoning that is actually misleading 2. believable but fallacious argumentation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The glib executive would indulge in sophistry to justify his actions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran lived up to his reputation for assertiveness and sophistry during an address last week to the United Nations General Assembly, a prickly interview on CNN, and a stilted exchange with about two dozen members of the Council on Foreign Relations. CNN, Highlights from the world's press, Ravi Agarwal, 25 September 2006   alms [ ahmz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. something given as charity 2. food, money or donations given to the needy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They subsisted on the alms that were received from the community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Yeomen of the Guard - the Tower of London's Beef eaters will carry the alms purses during the service, which will be attended by the Choir of the Chapel Royal. BBC, Queen set to visit city at Easter, 25 January 2007.   boisterous [ BOI-ster-uh' s, -struh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. rough, noisy; rowdy; very jolly or high spirited 2. (of waves) stormy and rough   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Soccer is a sport which attracts large, boisterous crowds.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The work of British sculptor Raymond Mason, it depicts a crowd of boisterous market porters bearing fruit and vegetables and pushing laden handcarts. CNN, Central Paris treasure awaits discovery,By Mark Tungate, July 17, 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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