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	04-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists aplomb [ uh'-PLOM, uh'-PLUHM ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   poise, confidence or self-assurance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She made the presentation with aplomb.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Flash is popular because it works on any operating system and on many mobile devices, and because it handles media and graphics with aplomb. abcNews, How Adobe Air Apps Work, By Adam Pash, PC World, April 17, 2009   torment [ v. tawr-MENT, TAWR-ment; n. TAWR-ment ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) physical or mental anguish 2. (n.) a source of distress 3. (tr. v.) to torture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sick, old man was tormented until he signed over his fortune to his son-in-law.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Miss Pilkington killed herself and her daughter who suffered from learning disabilities, after deciding she could no longer face the torment after nothing was done to help even though she made dozens of complaints to officers. The Telegraph, Police spend fewer than six hours a week on the streets, tom Whitehead, 2 October 2009   diminution [ dim-uh'-NOO-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act or process of lessening or reducing 2. the result of a decrease 3. the statement of a musical theme in notes of lesser duration than the original   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the municipality started fogging operation to control mosquitoes in the area there has been a diminution in the cases of malaria and dengue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But that must never be at the price of any diminution of the quality of the programmes and services we offer to our audiences. BBC, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOREWORD, Mark Thompson, 18 June 2009.   bedlam [ BED-luh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a state, place or scene of utter confusion and uproar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The presence of a snake in the room caused absolute bedlam.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bomb went off and it was absolute bedlam - it was the biggest bang I've ever heard in my life, he said. BBC News, Teacher on Saudi blast 'bedlam'   genuflect [ JEN-yoo'-flekt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship 2. to show servitude; be obedient   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The arrival of the king made people genuflect.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They genuflect toward a 17th-century painting of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, said to be the only flammable object to survive a major fire in 1731. Los Angeles Times, Zagreb, Croatia: Europe's new star, By Robert Cross, Chicago Tribune Staff Reporter, May 23, 2007   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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