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	03-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists chassis [ CHAS-ee, -is, SHAS-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the frame of a motor vehicle on which the body is supported 2. the landing gear of an aircraft 3. a frame for mounting the circuit components of electronic equipment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They observed that the body of the vehicle sustained some damage but the chassis remained intact.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It takes a while to tune your body, but I've been working on this particular chassis for eight years, so I really know what it's capable of and how to make it respond. CNN, Ford's wonder woman and her new car, Rex Roy, 8 May 2009.   balderdash [ BAWL-der-dash ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   nonsense; stupid, senseless talk or writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Pakistan government's balderdash in the wake of the 26/11 terrorist attacks that took place in Mumbai was not surprising.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Foreign Ministry called the State Department report an "arrogant and self-justified document" in which the U.S. "let loose a spate of balderdash" against North Korea. ABC News, North Korea Questions US Stance on Nuclear Issue, By KELLY OLSEN , SEOUL, South Korea May 31, 2008 (AP)   consequential [ kon-si-KWEN-shuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. resultant or following an outcome or effect 2. important or significant 3. pompous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was angered by the consequential outcry for his enemy's release from prison.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The current trend is consequential not only in coastal Louisiana but around the world. National Geographic, GeoSigns: The Big Thaw, By Daniel Glick   apartheid [ uh'-PAHRT-heyt, -hahyt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a policy that was earlier practised in the republic of south africa to separate the non-white community from the white community 2. segregation or separation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The practice of apartheid should be abolished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Millions of South Africans braved autumnal weather to go to the polls in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid. BBC, As it happened: South Africa election, By Lucy Fleming, 22 April 2009   tangential [ tan-JEN-shuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. deviating from the topic 2. tending to be evasive 3. irrelevant for the most part   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Instead of dealing with the problems on hand, the committee made a hue and cry about some tangential issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the politicians ordered meals of fish and chips, T-bone steaks and chicken to fuel the 12-hour session of talks, Mr Tsvangirai's advisers appeared bogged down in tangential issues that would yield little in terms of actual power. The Telegraph, How Zimbabwe's power sharing talks hit deadlock before 'last chance' meeting, Peta Thornycroft, 25 January 2009,   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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