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	15-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists truce [ troos ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a cease-fire 2. a peace treaty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Peace talks were underway and everyone hoped that the truce would be permanent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The main armed rebel group in oil-rich southern Nigeria has said it was prolonging by 30 days its truce which expired at midnight. The Telegraph, Nigerian rebel group extends ceasefire, 16 September 2009   harry [ HAR-ee ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to harass or annoy 2. (tr. v.) to worry about 3. (tr. v.) to ravage or wreak havoc on by repeated attacks 4. (intr. v.) to make harassing incursions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was harried by his neighbour's abusive language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The soldiers barely managed the crossing of the Berezina River - over two frail bridges - and there were perhaps as only as few as 50,000 half-stunned survivors of the Grand Army who, harried by Cossacks, tottered on through icy temperatures towards the town. BBC, Napoleon's Lost Army: The Soldiers Who Fell, Paul Britten-Austin 5 November 2009.   benign [ bi-NAHYN ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. of a mild, gentle disposition 2. characterised by gentleness or kindness 3. favourable 4. harmless; non-malignant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The benign rule of Emperor Akbar was the main reason why the Mughal empire lasted for as long as it did.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The persecution in Smyrna would, then, have taken place under that most benign of emperors, Antonius Pius, who, it is said (by Melito quoted by Eusebius), had forbidden popular attacks on Christians Chronicles Magazine, African Democracy, by Thomas Fleming   expropriate [ eks-proh-pree-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to deprive or take away from someone his possessions or ownership rights 2. to take something from someone else for one's own use   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has decided to expropriate more land in Chandipur in order to expand its missile testing base.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An Argentine government secretary, Luis D'Elía, has lead recent efforts to expropriate Tompkins's holdings and publicly hinted that the environmentalist is working with the U.S. government to exert control over regional water supplies. National Geographic, "Not for Sale": S. America Natural Resources Going National, Kelly Hearn, October 31, 2006   collate [ kuh'-LEYT, koh-, ko-, KOH-leyt, KOL-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to collect, arrange in an order and then examine carefully in order to integrate 2. to appoint or admit (a cleric or clergyman) to a benefice 3. to examine the presence of all pages before printing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The files have to be collated before the presentation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If an analyst will collate all the positions to which all the candidates move, he will find himself close to the true center of national politics. Chronicles Magazine, The Coming Backlash, by Patrick J. Buchanan   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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