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	20-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists slither [ SLITH' -er ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to glide, slip or slide like the motion of a reptile 2. (intr.v.) to move or walk with a sliding motion 3. (tr.v.) to cause to glide or slide 4. (n.) sliding or gliding motion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being cursed, he lost the power to use his legs and often slithered around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The island seemed like a tiny slither of land, buildings squashed to the very edge of the waterline on all sides. BBC, Standing on the roof of the world, 11 September, 2001   sheath [ sheeth ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a case or covering for a sharp instrument like a sword or knife 2. (n.) a condom 3. (n.) the metal covering of an electric cable 4. (tr. v.) to insert a sharp instrument into its case   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The soldier put his sword back in its sheath and said that he had done enough of killing for one lifetime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of Antonio's companions pulled his knife from its sheath and took a step forward. BBC, Doctor Who, 24 September 2009   hue [ hyoo ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a shade of colour or tint 2. an outcry or shouting 3. a characteristic or feature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sun reflected off the lake in sparkling hues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is comings and goings of characters and baddies to fight. A quirky humour and lots of bright vibrant hue dominating its style. BBC, Film Network - Users - Anthony Osman   decadence [ DEK-uh-duh ns, di-KEYD-ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act or process of falling into decline, deterioration 2. moral or cultural degeneration 3. excessively self-indulgent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some historians are of the view that the Moghul empire collapsed due to internal decadence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The other is that they're noble and pure people uncorrupted by the decadence of modern society. National Geographic, Anthropologist on Living With a Remote Amazon Tribe, By Tom Foreman, May 21, 2003   sensual [ SEN-shoo-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to the sensory and bodily needs and not to the intellect 2. voluptuous, carnal, indecent or lewd 3. worldly, materialistic or not religious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Latin American dances include a lot of sensual movements and fancy foot work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the Dance of the Seven Veils she gave Herod exactly what he meant by dancing, and included among a range of sensual movements one spectacular roll right across the stage, Telegraph, German soprano whose 'sensual' performances as Salome enthralled critics and audiences for a quarter of a century, 01 Dec 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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