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	29-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists détente [ dey-TAHNT; Fr. dey-THAN*T ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the relaxing or easing of tension, between rivals, esp. nations, through negotiations or talks.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The current détente between the US and Russia after decades of mistrust and hostility during the cold war is a welcome step.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nevertheless, General Bashir said the pardon was made at the request of the two priests and in a spirit of political détente. BBC, Alleged Khartoum bombers pardoned, 6 December, 1999   quarry [ KWAWR-ee, KWOR-ee ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) prey or game 2. (n.) an open excavation pit to obtain stone by blasting or digging 3. (n.) an object being pursued 4. (tr.v.) to excavate stone from a quarry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indecisiveness caused his quarry to escape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The (Special Area of Conservation) SAR is about 10% of the 100 acres (40.5 hectares) that Stone firms Ltd wants to quarry at the site. BBC News, Bid to stop quarrying of cliffs, 10 February 2009   rebuff [ n. ri-BUHF, REE-buhf; v. ri-BUHF ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a blunt rejection or refusal 2. (n.) an obstruction to progress 3. (tr. v.) to reject directly 4. (tr. v.)to force to retreat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The defendant's application for acquittal received a rebuff from the judge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The man, named locally as Peter Brown, was turned away and also rebuffed moments later when he tried to convince someone else to go drinking with him. The Telegraph, Jockey fire death: man arrested had 'been refused entry to party', Nick Britten and Ian Johnston, 7 September 2009   dominate [ DOM-uh'-neyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to control or rule by superior power 2. (tr. v.) to overpower 3. (intr. v.) to exert mastery over 4. (intr. v.) to have a position that is superior to the others   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their team could dominate the game due to their skill and superior tactics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The pros and cons of ethanol production are set to dominate an energy summit of eight Latin American nations which has got under way in Venezuela. BBC, Ethanol dominating energy summit, 16 April 2007.   pique [ peek ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) feeling of anger or resentment, esp., aroused by a sense of wounded pride (v.) 2. to excite or arouse an emotion 3. (v.) to provoke one to act or respond to a challenge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All attempts at industrial rejuvenation in the state were annulled by the pique of the masses.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Traders' concerns focus on the political and the practical. The first addresses whether the Saudis' unilateral move will be, in effect, annulled by the pique of its peers. Financial Times, The Short View: Saudi oil, Jamie Chisholm, June 16 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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