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	10-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists nonchalance [ NON-shuh'-lahns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state or quality of being indifferent or showing a lack of concern 2. casualness or indifference   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Shareholders were stunned at the nonchalance of the CEO regarding the huge drop in the company's profitability during the last quarter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And she's protectively partnered by Sarsgaard in the tricky job of playing sweet yet suspect, a balance he sustains with nonchalance. CNN, Review: 'An Education' showcases new It Girl, Lisa Schwarzbaum, 9 October 2009.   nadir [ NEY-der, NEY-deer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the lowest possible point; extreme despair or adversity 2. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Relations between Iran and the USA reached their nadir when 66 US diplomats were taken hostage by Islamic militants in 1979.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Relations between the two parties began to quickly deteriorate, reaching their nadir on Saturday when Mayawati formally withdrew support to the UPA government. The Hindustan times, Congress-SP ties pushed Mayawati to pull out, Rajesh Kumar Singh, June 21, 2008   wizened [ WIZ-uh'nd; WEE-zuh'nd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   shrivelled, withered or dried up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wizened look did not belong on a young face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She looked at this wizened old man, dark and rough as a cinnamon bark. BBC, Meeting Munni, by Susmita Bhattacharya   ale [ eyl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a beverage like beer that is made by fermenting malt and hops with yeast 2. an English country festival where ale is served as the primary beverage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He preferred ale to beer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to TNS, a market-research firm, the volume of real-ale sales has grown by 3% over the past year, whereas total beer sales were flat. Economist, Live liquid, Aug 14th 2008   substantiation [ suh'b-STAN-shee-a-shuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the establishment of facts 2. the affirmation of an idea through action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is merely making wild accusations without any substantiation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The regulator found that the Duchy Originals advert breached the code in four areas including substantiation, truthfulness and medicinal claims. The telegraph, Prince of Wales's Duchy Originals herbal remedy claims were 'misleading', Urmee Khan, 6 May 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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