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	11-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dissent [ di-SENT ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to disagree 2. (tr.v.) to withhold approval 3. (n.) disagreement 4. (n.) non-conformity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The members dissented to ensure that no clear decision could be agreed upon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Iran's regime has been unable to banish dissent within the highest levels of the Shia Muslim hierarchy over the outcome of the June 12 presidential election. Telegraph, Iran backing down over arrests as reporter freed, By Damien McElroy, 05 Jul 2009   institutionalize [ in-sti-TOO-shuh'-nl-ahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make into or treat as an organization 2. to keep in a place reserved for the mentally sick   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had to be put in a straight jacket and institutionalized after he became irrationally violent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Of course, toddlers who've been institutionalized since birth will be quicker to settle in. The Telegraph, Do children really behave worse when looked after by grandparents? Sue Palmer, 10 February 2009.   raspy [ RAS-pee, RAH-spee  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. rough, grating or hash 2. irritable or easily annoyed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children were scared of the old man because of his raspy voice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said the biggest challenge was in having to relearn how to sing to a different rhythm, his raspy voice needing to match up with slick studio beats rather than sliding loosely around the live, loud accompaniment he's so used to. CNN, Chris Cornell throws down, Shanon Cook, 22 April 2009.   malediction [ mal-i-DIK-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of cursing or calling down some evil upon someone 2. a curse; imprecation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Superstitious rural folk still believe in the power of a tantrik's malediction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In another recent piece on Pound (not available online), Frank Kermode devoted some time to Pound's famous malediction against usury, citing it as evidence of anti-Semitism. Los Angeles Times, Pound Foolish   accede [ ak-SEED ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to concede, assent or approve 2. to assume attain or take up a position or an office   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He acceded to the throne after the death of his father.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even Romania and Bulgaria can be considered relatively successful since they are due to accede to the EU next year. CNN, Children of the revolution, By Paul Sussman for CNN, October 23, 2006   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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