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	08-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists serpentine [ SUR-puh'n-teen, -tahyn  ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or resembling a serpent 2. (adj.) having a winding course 3. (adj.) shrewd, cunning or wily 4. (n.) a cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century 5. (n.) a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share a single loop 6. (intr. v.) to follow a winding course   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The people who were waiting for the bus had formed a long serpentine queue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After a serpentine five-hour drive from the coast along a vertiginous slope, we arrived at Thirunelli. The Telegraph, Tuskers in trouble - man and elephant battle for survival, 1 April 2010.   masticate [ MAS-ti-keyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to grind or crush food; chew 2. (tr. v.) to grind, crush or knead into a pulp (intr. v.) chew   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Since he was old and possessed no teeth, he could not masticate his food and relied on liquids for his daily sustenance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In which case, cut out this article and in a few years' time, should I be proved wrong, feel free to visit the FT's riverside offices where I will masticate my own words. University of Oxford, Spins in need of a doctor, By Jim Pickard Published: September 17 2005 and Last updated: September 17 2005   amity [ AM-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   friendship, accord, harmony or peaceful relations esp. between nations or countries   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The amity displayed brought about hope for a better tomorrow.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The issue cited by Sheng and other Chinese officials most dangerous to Sino-American amity is the Taiwan question. CNN, Is China a threat?, October 27, 2005   eradicate [ i-RAD-i-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to uproot 2. to extirpate, eliminate or destroy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Polio may be eradicated as a result of the initiatives of the government.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The results from the 11-month independent study at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), following similar tests at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, have raised hopes that superbugs could now be eradicated from hospitals. Telegraph, British scientists make key breakthrough in superbug fight, By Andrew Pierce, 27 Jun 2009 Accessed: 9th July 2009   anomalous [ uh'-NOM-uh'-luh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. inconsistent with the rules 2. not fitting into a common classification 3. irregular or inconsistent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scientists were unable to fathom the anomalous results since the procedure and conditions remained the same throughout the series of experiments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems anomalous that civil securities fraud complaints should be subject to earlier dismissal than their far more threatening criminal counterparts. CNN, Misinterpretation of fraud statute led WorldCom case dismissal, Brian Lehman, 5 September 2003.   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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