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	22-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists clangor [ KLANG-er, KLANG-ger ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a loud resonant sound, a din 2. (intr.v.) to make a clangor, clang   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The clangor woke everyone up.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Long after the attacks of Sept. 11, the clangor of terror echoes worldwide. CNN, Al-Qaeda now, By Michael Elliott, May 27, 2002   countenance [ KOUN-tn-uh' ns ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) appearance, visage esp. one's facial expression 2. (n.) composure 3. (n.) sanction or approval 4. (tr.v.) to approve, allow or permit 5. (tr.v.) to encourage or support   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His countenance did not betray his feelings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Argentinian goalkeeper, best known for his penalty heroics against England in the 1998 World Cup, refused to countenance a new contract at Real Mallorca as the year 2000 approached because he believed the world was going to end and he needed to prepare. BBC, Why the fascination with the end of the world?, By Finlo Rohrer, BBC News Magazine, 8 September 2008   throes [ throh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a painful spasm or a pang 2. (n.) the agony of or violent convulsion 3. (n.) a sharp attack of emotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wounded policeman was in the throes of death by the time he was rushed to the hospital.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She was speaking at the end of a visit to the country which is once again in the throes of civil war. BBC, UN concern over Sri Lanka rights, Roland Buerk, 13 October 2007.   askew [ uh'-SKYOO  ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) to one side, in a crooked position or out of line 2. (adv.) with scorn, contempt or disapproval 3. (adj.) crooked or awry   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When we told her that her hat was askew, her reply was that we knew nothing about the latest fashion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This has been a summer that has often felt like anything but. And now that we find ourselves in the middle of Labor Day weekend, it may be time to try to figure out what went askew. CNN, Commentary: The summer that never was, Bob Greene, 4 September 2009.   aberration [ ab-uh'-REY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of turning away from the proper, normal, or expected course 2. the act of deviating from the truth 3. a lapse or temporary mental disorder 4. a defect in focusing causing a blurred image   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He would have won the cross country race had it not been for the unfortunate aberration.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His failure in this case is an aberration of his normal high standards. BBC, Dogs death police officer 'distracted by paperwork', 22 February 2010.   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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