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	09-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists muse [ myooz ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to meditate or think deeply 2. (intr.v.) to ponder or deeply meditate 3. (n.) a dreamy abstraction or a state of deep meditation 4. (n.) a poet 5. (n.) a guiding force or light or the source of one's inspiration   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They often mused about the secrets of the universe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His 60,000 photos of the Big Bend must carry countless memories, unspoken things that act as muse and healer both. CNN, Wide open in West Texas, By Taylor Bruce, January 28, 2009   involute [ adj., n. IN-vuh'-loot; v. in-vuh'-LOOT, IN-vuh'-loot ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) complicated 2. (adj.) having the edge curved inward 3. (n.) a curve traced from the extension of another curve 4. (tr.v.) to coil inwards 5. (tr.v.) to go back to a prior state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The topic was too involute for him to understand correctly.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Modelled on a gearbox, presumably that of a see-through Bentley, Richard Mille's chronograph is brimming with innovation: there's an "optimised minute counter" with which to count all those optimised minutes, plus a "torque sensor" and "involute wheel toothing" for the chronophile who has everything, including a dictionary, but not a moment to spare. The Telegraph, The gear box, Simon arron, 6 December 2003   commemorative [ kuh'-MEM-uh'-rey-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) serving as a reminder of 2. (adj.) honouring and preserving the memory of 3. (n.) anything that honours and preserves the memory of another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Dignitaries from all over the world were invited to the commemorative dinner after the coronation of the queen.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A second commemorative event for Michael Jackson could be staged in London to mark what would have been the singer's 51st birthday. The Telegraph, Michael Jackson commemorative event planned for London, Ben Leach, 8 July 2009.   exude [ ig-ZOOD, ik-SOOD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to project abundantly or radiate 2. (tr. v.) to send out or emit through pores or small openings. 3. (intr. v.) to gradually come out through pores or to ooze out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had a positive outlook on life and exuded optimism wherever he went.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This is supposed to be the phase of the campaign when Woods exudes a steely invulnerability, but he heads south to the Players Championship at Sawgrass this week in fear of embarrassment. The Telegraph, Tiger Woods humbled at Quail Hollow as the magic disappears, Oliver Brown, 1 May 2010.   squalid [ SKWOL-id, SKWAW-lid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. dirty, foul, filthy, wretched 2. sordid or morally degraded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The squalid conditions prevalent in the last century gave rise to many diseases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conditions in the cells were squalid and lacked decency BBC, Police cell condition 'squalid', 6 August 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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