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	21-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists canker [ KANG-ker ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) ulceration, especially in the mouth and lips 2.(n.) any of various disorders in animals marked by chronic inflammatory changes 3. (n.) a source of corruption or decay 4. (tr.v.) to corrupt; destroy slowly 5. (intr.v.) to become infected with or as if with canker   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The canker had to be removed by surgery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the region's MEPs has called for EU-funded research into the canker. BBC, Blight-hit horse chestnuts dying, 21 September 2006   congeal [ kuh' n-JEEL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to solidify 2. (intr.v.) to jell or coagulate 3. (tr.v.) to cause to coagulate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gel slowly congealed and formed a solid impenetrable layer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The planets were thought to congeal into cores over a million years or so, then gradually accumulate gas outer envelopes over another 1 million to 10 million years. CNN, Study: Big planets form in cosmic flash, By Richard Stenger CNN, November 28, 2002   faction [ FAK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group of persons forming a contentious minority within a larger group 2. (n.) internal conflict 3. (n.) literature with a mix of fact and fiction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They belonged to the faction that promoted disruptive activities.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, killed more than 30 people before breaking up 10 years ago. BBC, Red Army Faction member arrested, 28 August 2009.   apex [ EY-peks  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the tip or the summit 2. the vertex or peak 3. climax   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The climbers planted their club's flag at the apex of the mountain as a tribute to their achievement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   At the apex of the English game, the Premier League is run by the canniest of operators in Richard Scudamore, whose disarming manner merely cloaks a laser-like focus on the interests of his organisation. The Telegraph, Brian Moore: Ian Watmore's resignation highlights need to end the FA soap opera, Brian Moore, 25 March 2010.   quaint [ kweynt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. oddly pleasant or charming, esp. in an old-fashioned way 2. strange or peculiar, usu. in a pleasing, interesting way 3. skilfully or artfully made 4. (obsolete) skilled; expert; wise   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Visitors to Darjeeling can avail of the services of a quaint little toy train which starts from Siliguri.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Like the train after which it is named, Anderson's comedy-drama is quaint and ramshackle, but it does the job of taking the audience in unexpected and pleasing directions. The Herald, Welcome on board the quirky train, ALISON ROWAT   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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