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	05-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists distaff [ DIS-taf, -tahf ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a staff with a cleft that is used to hold flax, wool or tow in spinning 2. (n.) the female esp. maternal side or branch of the family 3. (adj.) female or pertaining to the female or maternal side or branch of the family   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She wrapped the wool thread around the distaff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The ability to sort everything by date, site, or most visited appears to have joined the distaff and spindle on the ash heap. abcNews, Google's Chrome: 7 Reasons for It and 7 Reasons Against It, J. R. Raphael, PC World, September 2, 2008   temperate [ TEM-per-it, TEM-prit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. moderate or self-restrained 2. not excessive or moderate in quality and degree 3. moderate in temperature or climate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His temperate mannerisms made him an ideal candidate for the post.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Four members live in the exquisitely temperate countryside outside San Francisco. Telegraph, Metallica find life again in death, by Andrew Perry, 18 Feb 2009   effectuate [ ih-FEK-choo-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to effect or bring about 2. to cause to happen   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The slashing of headcount in many companies was effectuated by the economic recession.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice," Judge Polk wrote in his ruling. BBC, Legal case against God dismissed, 16 October 2008.   euphonious [ yoo-FOH-nee-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   having a pleasing sound; pleasant to the ear   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An euphonious voice can be a great asset when working in a call centre or in telephonic sales.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This was often referred to as "neo-liberalism", though a more correct if less euphonious title would have been "neo-economic-liberalism". BBC, Liberalism in the United Kingdom, Rodney Barker, Professor at Government Department of the London School of Economics writes for BBC Parliament   enunciate [ i-NUHN-see-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to announce, state or proclaim 2. (tr.v.) to articulate or pronounce 3. (intr.v.) to articulately pronounce words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enunciated each word clearly so that everyone understood what he was saying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The genesis for the clip, he said, came from his daughter's ability to enunciate well at an early age. abcNews, Where A-List Comics and R-Rated Comedy Meet on the Internet, By CHRIS CONNELLY, Aug. 31, 2007   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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