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	24-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists surcharge [ n. SUR-chahrj; v. sur-CHAHRJ, SUR-chahrj ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an extra charge added to the usual amount 2. (n.) the act of charging more than the usual amount 3. (n.) a new denomination printed over the original stamp 4. to charge an amount over the original amount   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The finance minister has imposed a surcharge on the amount of entertainment tax payable by cinema halls.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The speaker has said several times she would like to squeeze more savings out of the system, and if we can do that, we can reduce the number of people affected by the surcharge, said Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi. CNN, Obama, GOP trade barbs in health care fight, 20 July 2009   itinerant [ ahy-TIN-er-uh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) characterized by travelling from place to place or characterized by alternating periods of working and wandering 2. (n.) a person who travels form place to place 3. (n.) one who alternates between working and wandering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The itinerant minister travelled from village to village to preach to the people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sometimes itinerant printers would carry their wooden printing blocks from village to village in carts. BBC, Russian naboika block print fabric,   turbulence [ TUR-byuh'-luh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. disorder, commotion or agitation 2. an interruption caused in the normal flow of wind by eddies 3. violent and irregular flow of fluids   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Passengers panicked after the airplane experienced turbulence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The turbulence of the transfer window is over and Gordon Strachan is now preparing for the instant judgments that will be made on his latest recruits. The Herald, Strachan delighted to get his man at last, HUGH MacDONALD, Chief Sportswriter, February 02 2008   suffuse [ suh'-FYOOZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to overspread, fill or infuse with colour, light or liquid   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He flicked the switch and suffused the room with light.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Predictable political views suffuse every section of the paper, right down to the food and wine pages. abcNews, Silicon Insider: Saving Newspapers, By MICHAEL S. MALONE, Nov. 10, 2005   repine [ ri-PAHYN ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to be unhappy or in a gloomy emotional state 2. to long for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher told the little girl that she could repine all she wanted and that the other children were going to enjoy the picnic anyway.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ramsay shouldn't repine if he fails to crack Manhattan – after all, he failed in Glasgow, which will surely have hurt him more. The Telegraph, Boasting is meat and drink to New York, Michael Henderson, 13, January 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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