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	21-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists occident [ OK-si-duh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the west or western regions 2. the Western Hemisphere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After he completed a tour of the Occident he decided to write a book about his travels.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were plenty of vacant seats for this Prom – a three-hour stretch that looked at musical links between the Orient and Occident. The Telegraph, BBC Proms 2009: Prom 10 - Orchestre National de Lyon/Markl, review, Geoffrey Norris, 27 July 2009.   hereafter [ heer-AF-ter, -AHF ]   [ noun, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the future 2. (n.) an existence after death 3. (adv.) from now on or at some future time 4. (adv.) in the next life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since the exams were approaching the teacher announced that hereafter, all her students would have to study for an extra hour after school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any human soul here or hereafter. BBC, Beliefs, 9 September 2009.   solace [ SOL-is ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to comfort someone or cheer someone up 2. (tr.v.) to allay or relieve someone of their misery or grief 3. (n.) comfort, alleviation or consolation 4. (n.) a source of alleviation, comfort or consolation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She solaced the grieving widow by offering words of comfort.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But its buoyancy is a solace to Asian countries, several of which enjoy trade surpluses with China, and to the European Union, for which China is the fastest-growing market—albeit, as the Europeans like to point out when they complain about Chinese trade barriers, still no bigger than Switzerland. Economist, China moves to centre stage, Oct 30th 2008   rostrum [ ROS-truh 'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a dais, stage or platform that is used for public speaking 2. a beak-like, curved prow of an ancient roman ship 3. (biology)a protrusion or extension that is curved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rostrum was checked by the security personnel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You're on the rostrum so it's not the end of the world but you're one position away from greatness. BBC, The art of coming second, By Tom Geoghegan, 22 October 2007   maim [ meym ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to impair or render defective 2. (tr.v.) to mutilate, injure or batter 3. (n.) an injury or impairment 4. (n.) defect or blemish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prototype was maimed as the quality assurance tests completely failed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Marine charity The Sea Trust says fast moving boats passing through environmentally sensitive areas could kill or maim dolphins and other wildlife. BBC, Boat race fuels ecology argument, By Nick Parry BBC Wales, 23 June 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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