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	21-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tempo [ TEM-poh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (music) speed at which music is played 2. pace, rhythm or speed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His music consisted of fast tempo accompanied by a foot-tapping beat.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Obama also is likely to submit a $130 billion request for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, which may not be adequate considering the increase in the tempo of operations in Afghanistan. abcNews, AP Sources: Obama to Seek $17B in Budget Savings, By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer, May 6, 2009   skiff [ skif ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a small boat meant for one person only.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Tom and Jerry would shoot the rapids in their skiffs for the excitement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A search was launched after Brixham Coastguard received a report of an empty upturned skiff in the River Plym near Plymouth. BBC, Man dies in river rowing accident, 1 August 2008   regent [ REE-juh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the absence or disability of the sovereign 2. (n.) a university officer who exercises general supervision over the conduct and welfare of students 3. (adj.)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When the king fell ill, his son assumed power as prince regent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Catherine acted as regent for the young king and as a result dominated Charles throughout his reign. BBC, Catherine de Medici (1519 – 1589),   denigrate [ DEN-i-greyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to malign or defame someone; to criticize in a derogatory way 2. to belittle; to disregard the importance or value of someone or something 3. blacken; to make black   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   One should not denigrate the efforts of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis in bringing the two countries closer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those two communities are trying to do things to improve the situation, so this isn't to denigrate them. National Geographic, World Summit Erred by Ignoring Tourism, Editor Says, By Robin R. Burfield, September 4, 2002   coagulate [ v. koh-AG-yuh'-leyt; adj. koh-AG-yuh'-lit ]   [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause transformation of a liquid into a soft, semisolid or solid mass 2. (tr. v.) to curdle or congeal or form a clot 3. (intr. v.) to become thickened or semisolid 4. (adj.) thickening or congealing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctor sutured the wound after the nurse cleaned it of the blood that had coagulated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Previously, it was thought that large dust particles from meteoroids were only formed as the particles in the cloud coagulate over a period of weeks, eventually settling on the Earth. CNN, Source of cosmic dust found, Bjorn Carey, 29 Augyst 2005.   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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