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	24-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists carnal [ KAHR-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sensual, bodily or of the flesh 2. worldly or corporeal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The carnal nature of the movie is the reason for it to get an 18+ rating.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There can be no room for carnal impulses. The Times of India, Such endeavours require sublimation of desire, 10 May 2004   winnow [ WIN-oh ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to separate the grain from the chaff by means of a current of air 2. (tr.v.) to rid or free grain of unwanted or inferior elements 3. (tr.v.) to fan or blow on 4. (intr.v.) to sift grain from chaff by fanning 5. (n.) the machine or device used to sift grain from chaff   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The crop is winnowed in this season.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Editor-in-chief Donald Kennedy and news editor Colin Norman tasked their staff to list the most challenging questions in science today and then winnow the number to 25. National Geographic, Journal Ranks Top 25 Unanswered Science Questions, BY John Roach, June 30, 2005   tenacity [ tuh'-NAS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being persistent 2. perseverance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His tenacity finally paid off when he passed the exam of the law board on the fifth attempt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fact that this is not just a flash in the pan is shown by the unanimity of purpose, tenacity and the discipline of the participants. The Telegraph, World War 2: Czechs rise against Nazis, 21 september 2009   dross [ draws, dros ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. rubbish, waste matter or impurity 2. a trivial, inferior or insignificant matter 3. (metallurgy) the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal during the process of oxidation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There should be a proper infrastructure, to deal with the dross, in a city of this size.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is the bridge supreme which leads to immortality, and the spirit of fire which burns the dross of lower life. The Times of India, Crime & Punishment, 27 October 2006   tarry [ TAR-ee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to loiter, linger or wait 2. (intr.v.) to stay, sojourn or 3. (tr.v.) (archaic) to await 4. (n.) a stay or sojourn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As long as they could, they tarried, but in the end they were asked to move along.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   British scientists announced they had evidence that organic compounds could survive atmospheric entry encased in small, tarry meteorites. CNN, Test boosts notion that comets brought life, by Richard Stenger, April 6, 2001   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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