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	06-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists volition [ voh-LISH-uh'n, vuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an instance or act or choosing, willing or making a decision 2. a decision or choice made according to one's own will 3. the faculty or power to choose, make a decision or determine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She chose to gamble her money by her own volition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The quality of the karma that you gather is not necessarily in terms of action alone; it is also in terms of the volition with which action is performed. The Times of India, SPEAKING TREE, Ways to Overcome Bondage of Karma, 23 Dec 2003   clairvoyant [ klair-VOI-uh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having a perception of events and things far beyond that of a normal human being 2. (adj.) pertaining to, of or related to clairvoyance 3. (n.) one who is clairvoyant and claims to perceive the future   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was termed a witch because of her clairvoyant abilities.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are not talking Cannes but Tenby and those in the running for prizes are not film stars but psychics, mediums and clairvoyants. BBC, Spiritualists gather for awards, By Nick Parry, 17 May 2008   wont [ wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) used or accustomed 2. (adj.) apt, likely or inclined 3. (n.) habit or custom 4. (tr.v.) to habituate or accustom   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wont behaviour of 'early to bed and early to rise' was regarded as the norm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A hereditary Hindu priest, Veer Bhadra Mishra is wont, shortly after sunrise, to totter down the stone steps of his temple to the Ganges river, and there perform a three-part ritual. Economist, Up to their necks in it, Jul 17th 2008   tamp [ tamp ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to force into or down by tapping 2. to pack a drill hole with clay after the explosive has been inserted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the explosive was set in the hole and the opening was tamped down with clay all the miners vacated the blast area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He tamped down the tobacco with a stained finger. BBC, Where I Live: Nottingham, Mike Soar, 3 October 2009,   arsenal [ AHR-suh'-nl, AHRS-nuh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a stock of or a supply of weapons and munitions 2. a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The terrorists had access to a secret arsenal which they used to cause death and destruction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Subjected to ignorant or malicious abuse, they are galvanised and fire off the best ammunition in their arsenal in order to counter what they see as pernicious misrepresentation. The Telegraph, The Conservatives must dare to defend their ideas, Janet Daley, 27 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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