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	18-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists splice [ splahys ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to stick or fasten together 2. (n.) the place where two ends have been joined   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The editor had to cut and splice the film in several places to remove certain objectionable scenes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When a fiber-optic line is cut, the repair can be a tedious process, requiring scores of lines to be spliced together. CNN, Cut cable quiets Sprint service in West, 10 January 2006   debase [ dih-BEYS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to adulterate or lower the quality of 2. to degrade or reduce the dignity or significance of 3. to lower the character or value of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The petty officer was debased by being reduced to the rank of private.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Historically, legal tender laws have been used by governments to force their citizens to accept debased and devalued currency. CNN, Ron Paul: Let the dollar prove itself, Ron Paul, 30 October 2009.   grandiose [ GRAN-dee-ohs ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. remarkably grand or important 2. grand in a pretentious way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The grandiose palace at Versailles is a major tourist attraction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We sat down for lunch in a grandiose dining room with wood-carved panels on the walls and about 15 tables. National Geographic, Lake Tanganyika, 1 September 2004   paradox [ PAR-uh'-doks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one that is self-contradictory or absurd, yet true 2. one that exhibits contradictory qualities 3. an assertion that contradicts itself or may seem to do so although it has been deduced or based on logic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her writings were a paradox which swayed between two extremes like a pendulum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a tragic paradox that people who have exceptional educational skills should be without avenues for upward social and economic mobility. The Times of India, Kerala Paradox, August 14, 2003   mealymouthed [ MEE-lee-mouth'd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. avoiding the use of straightforward talk or plain language 2. inclined to mince words or speaking insincerely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They told her not to bring her mealymouthed friend to the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The best the timid Tories can offer is mealymouthed mumbling about how difficult it is to ""put the toothpaste back in the tube"". The Telegraph, Gordon Brown's first year, 20 June 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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