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	22-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists embargo [ em-BAHR-goh ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a government ban on the movement of trade ships into or out of its ports 2. (n.) a government edict prohibiting trade with foreign nations 3. (n.) a prohibition; a ban 4. (v.) to impose an embargo on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most foreign policy experts are of the view that the US trade embargo imposed on Iran has not yielded any significant results.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In October 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war after the Kennedy administration discovered that the Soviet Union was constructing missiles in Cuba. As a result the U.S. government banned U.S. tourist travel to Cuba, and that embargo remains today. National Geographic, Travel Editor: Off-Limits Cuba a Diamond in the Rough, by Sarah Mullin for National Geographic News, October 22, 2002   timorous [ TIM-er-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   timid, fearful or apprehensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The timorous little boy grew up to be a brave soldier.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   British Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved on Monday to stamp out the biggest threat yet to his 15-month-old premiership, sacking a Labour official who accused him of "timorous" political maneuvering. abcNews, UK's Brown Tries to Stamp out Revolt, By Frank Prenesti, September 15, 2008   spectral [ SPEK-truh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. spectral or ghostly 2. pertaining to, resembling or of a spectre 3. related to or of a spectrum   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The detective set up machines to record spectral activity in the vicinity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For years, scientists presumed this rainbow was made by some sort of chemical or spectral process. CNN, Searching for aliens in all the wrong places, By Miles O'Brien, August 6, 2004   sanity [ SAN-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being of sound mind   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The man told us that whenever he would read the bible to preserve his sanity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Frank Field has, for many years now, been the voice of sanity in the Labour Party. The Telegraph, Bribing voters with their own money is no longer an option, Frank Field, 12 September 2009   mar [ mahr ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to spoil or inflict damage on 2. (tr. v.) to impair the soundness or integrity of 3. (tr. v.) to disfigure or deface 4. (n.) a blemish or disfiguring mark   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They marred his new shirt by ripping out the pocket.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Commonwealth summit in Uganda has been marred by violent clashes between demonstrators and police in the capital, Kampala. BBC, Uganda summit marred by clashes, 23 November 2007.   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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