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	07-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists subsume [ suh'b-SOOM ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to bring an idea or scheme within the field of a more comprehensive one 2. to include in a more wide-ranging category   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The management subsumed the confectionery company into its fold by means of subterfuge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A series of coincidences in his own life leads to the discovery of a twin brother who is plotting to kill the author and subsume his identity. BBC, Reel Life, 21 February 2002   etymology [ et-uh'-MOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an account of the history of a particular word 2. a derivation of the words 3. The branch of linguistics that deals with development of words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was studying the etymology of foreign words adopted in the English language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was more interested in demonstrating the etymology of words in their spelling, rather than making them easy to pronounce or spell. BBC, The book that influenced all others, Bob Chaundy , 15 September 2009.   equine [ EE-kwahyn, EK-wahyn ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   of, related to, or resembling a horse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An Arab thoroughbred equine can command millions of dollars in the horse racing market.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A 15-year-old horse has died of complications from West Nile virus in Riverside County, City News Service reports, marking the first equine victim of the mosquito-borne disease in California this year. Los Angeles Times, Horse dies of complications of West Nile virus, June 25, 2008   champ [ champ, chomp ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to mash, crush, grind or bite noisily by using one's teeth 2. (intr.v.) to use one's teeth and jaws in order to bite or munch something 3. (n.) an act or instance of champing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elephant champed the sugarcane.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are champing at the bit to go. Telegraph, South Pole race starts as blizzard abates, By Stephen Adams, 05 Jan 2009   ambiguous [ am-BIG-yoo-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. open to various interpretations 2. vague, inexplicable or uncertain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The psychologist showed ambiguous pictures and asked some questions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mozart's lighter instrumental pieces are an ambiguous and varied group of works. The Herald, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Great Hall, Stirling Castle, ROWENA SMITH, June 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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