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	04-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists descry [ di-SKRAHY ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to discover, find out or detect 2. (tr.v.) to discern or see 3. (n.) a discovery or finding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He descried the treasure in the cave.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Department of Transport vehicle examiner Christopher Ennea descried the lorry as "unroadworthy". BBC, Runaway lorry crushed teenager, 15 April, 2004   vassal [ VAS-uh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who held land granted by a feudal lord in return for homage 2. (n.) a subject or slave 3. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of a slave or vassal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Lord Ipensky was a faithful vassal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The sheer number of senior statesmen slated to attend has prompted some Chinese to liken it to imperial times when vassal states were expected to offer tokens of respect to Chinese emperors. abcNEWS, World Leaders Quash Qualms, Go to Olympic Opening, by ANGELA CHARLTON, August 6, 2008   topple [ TOP-uh'l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to overthrow 2. (tr. v.) to shove and cause to fall over 3 (intr. v.) to stagger and fall   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The opposition claimed they would topple the weak government and take over.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was also member of the democratic opposition to the communist regime in Poland before it was toppled in 1989. The Telegraph, Warsaw Ghetto uprising leader Marek Edelman dies at 90, 3 October 2009   wisp [ wisp ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a tuft or handful 2. (n.) a streak or trace of 3. (n.) slender or delicate 4. (tr. v.) to twist into tufts 5. (intr. v.) to drift in thin streaks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the concert Michael Jackson had a wisp of hair hanging down in front of his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A museum in the Borders cuts through the opposition to buy a wisp of hair believed to be from the head of Mary Queen of Scots BBC, Scotland - Historical locks snipped at auction, 31 Mar 2001.   hackle [ HAK-uh' l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a long and slender feather on the neck of a bird like a pigeon or a rooster 2. (pl.) the hair on the back of the neck of an animal like a dog or a cat, that rise in fear or anger   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hackle of a rooster is often used to make artificial flies for anglers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We think especially of another of Prince Charles's regiments, the Black Watch, with its famous "red hackle". The Telegraph, A question of pride, 30/11/2005   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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