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	20-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists capsize [ KAP-sahyz, kap-SAHYZ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. & intr. v.) to overturn or turn bottom up or to cause to overturn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The trawler capsized because of the storm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The last missing person was rescued a day after a ferry carrying more than 900 people capsized in Philippine waters. CNN, All accounted for in Philippine ferry sinking, 8 September 2009.   expiate [ EK-spee-eyt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   to amend one's mistakes; to atone or extinguish the guilt incurred   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All faiths have devised ways to expiate a man's sins.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pope Pius XII celebrated a special mass at St. Peter's basilica today "to expiate the crime of the enemies or God"--the Communists. Chicago Tribune, POPE SAYS MASS FOR EXPIATION OF RED CRIMES, Apr 4, 1949   assay [ v. a-SEY; n. AS-ey, a-SEY ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to examine, assess or analyse 2. (intr.v.) to be shown or displayed after conduction of an analysis 3. (n.) an assessment or examination or a report of such an analysis   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The evidence was assayed by the police.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Towards the end of his life, Sir Arthur Eddington, who died in 1944, assayed a "theory of everything". Experimental evidence ran counter to his work, which today generates only intermittent interest. Telegraph, Maths into English, Simon Ing, 27 Sep 2007   disarray [ DIS-uh'-rey ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to throw into disorder or confusion 2. (tr. v.) to upset or lack order 3. (tr. v.) to undress 4. (n.) the state of confusion or chaos   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government's scheme to raise taxes was in disarray following massive agitations promoted by the opposition which resulted in strikes and protest rallies all over the nation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Tories have denied their education policy is in "disarray" after a second frontbencher defended grammar schools. BBC, Tories deny grammars 'disarray', 31 May 2007.   palaver [ puh'-LAV-er, LAH-ver ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a long negotiation between enemies or esp. one between primitive tribes and european traders 2. (n.) long idle talk or chatter 3. (v.) to parley or negotiate 4. (v.) to talk idly or profusely 5. (v.) to coax or flatter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lengthy palaver between the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and American traders led to the white man's takeover of the entire North American continent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The whole bullying palaver would have been manipulated to get best possible ratings and controversial headlines making whoever was in the frontline to cop the brunt of it. News.com.au, Demelza 'took rap for bullying', Tom Ford , July 03, 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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