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	26-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists lexicon [ LEK-si-kon, -kuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a dictionary 2. a list of words used in a particular subject   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The term, 'swine flu' is probably the latest addition to the medical lexicon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While it is not likely that the listener will understand the lyrics that flow from the speakers, the language of polyrhythm and syncopation transcend the impositions of any systematized lexicon. National Geographic, New African Composers   wraith [ reyth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a spectre or ghost 2. a ghostly apparition of a person that is supposedly seen as an omen just before his death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wraith was seen once every year.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It was the mangroves he noticed first, reduced to cobwebbed wraiths as far as the eye could see. Economist, Arthur Galston, Jun 26th 2008   sunder [ SUHN-der ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to severe, split or divide 2. (intr.v.) to sever, divide, split or part 3. (n.) division, split or separation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   At the end of the ceremony, the priest said, "May no man sunder what God has put together".   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Snowdon marriage was finally sundered early in 1976 when the News of the World published an apparently "intimate" picture of the princess and Llewellyn in Mustique. CNN, Like Diana, a twinkle in her eye, February 10, 2002   sumptuous [ SUHMP-choo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lavish or luxuriously grand   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The poor man asked for a morsel of food but was given a sumptuous meal instead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Don't worry if they collapse when cooked – the look you are aiming for is a sumptuous mess. The Telegraph, Seasonal recipes: Creamy grilled tomatoes with basil on flaky pastry, Rose Prince, 27 August 2009   condign [ kuh n-DAHYN ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   appropriate; well-deserved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The death penalty would be the most condign punishment for somebody who commits a cold-blooded murder.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is condign punishment that Mr Brown will be at No 10 to reap the harvest he has sown. The Telegraph, As Mr Brown will find next door, his is not quite the miracle that is proclaimed, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard   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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