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	05-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vicissitude [ vi-SIS-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. variation, change or mutation 2. alternation or a successive change 3. an unexpected change that could occur in one's life   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vicissitude seen in the cells alarmed the scientists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She can, with some justification, blame the vicissitudes of an intensely competitive market and revolutionary technology - just as Charles Allen did. Telegraph, Why Mirror's boss is not the next Greg Dyke, By Jeff Randall, 03 Jul 2008   wreak [ reek ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to avenge or inflict or execute punishment 2. to cause or bring about 3. to vent, express or gratify one's emotions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The marauding forces wreaked havoc upon everything in their path.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Breathing in polluted air may wreak havoc on our DNA, reprogramming genes in as few as three days and causing increased rates of cancer and other diseases. National Geographic, Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests, by Ker Than, May 17, 2009   summarily [ suh'-MAIR-uh'-lee ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. without advance information 2. in an immediate and direct manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is unconstitutional to summarily punish anyone without a fair trial.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It alleged that police in India summarily execute prisoners, torture and threaten suspects and arrest people without reason. CNN, India: Probe of Muslim woman's death sparks row, Harmeet Shah Singh, 12 September 2009   vertebrate [ VUR-tuh'-brit ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a backbone or spinal column 2. (n.) an animal that has a backbone   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There are five different types of vertebrates grouped according to the features they possess.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The specimens, which are now being examined by scientists, could raise further tantalising clues about the ancestry of land vertebrates. BBC, Fossil fish in Chinese tale, 28 February 2001.   conundrum [ kuh'-NUHN-druh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a riddle whose answer involves a play of words or is a pun 2. a difficult and intricate problem   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Children love the challenge of solving a conundrum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fans' apparent apathy toward the dark side of sports, as reflected in their continued financial support, presents a conundrum for owners and officials: If the fans are still paying to see the games, why should we take any drastic measures to try to fix it? ABC News, State of Sports: More Cheaters, Dopers, Criminals -- and Fans -- Than Ever Before, By JON WIENER, July 10, 2008   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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