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	15-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists forte [ fawrt, fohrt, FAWR-tey ]   [ noun, adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an area or field in which one excels, accomplishes a lot or which one finds as one's strong point 2. (n.) the strongest part of the blade of a sword which is between the middle and the hilt 3. (n.) a chord, note or passage played loudly and forcefully 4. (adj.) forceful or loud 5. (adv.) loudly or in a forceful way or manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Astronomy was his forte.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With visualization as Manish's forte, Manish styles for various Indian glossies and also designs clothes for Indian celebrities. The Times of India, The design merchants, 2 Aug 2002   antidote [ AN-ti-doht ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a remedy that can be used to counteract or neutralize the harmful effects of poison 2. (n.) one that relieves or neutralizes the harmful effects of another 3. (tr.v.) to counteract or neutralise by means of an antidote   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Bezoar is considered to be an antidote to most poisons.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People's lives are so complicated, driven and busy; gardens are an excellent antidote and should be celebrated as such. Telegraph, Garden visiting does us all a power of good., Ursula Buchan, 02 Jun 2009   hector [ HEK-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a bully 2. (intr. v.) to dominate or intimidate in a loud manner 3. (tr. v.) to behave like a bully   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Politicians who hector each other in the "Big Fight" on NDTV make for amusing viewing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The amusing conservatives who hector one another on Rupert Murdoch's Fox News were shouting a little louder yesterday morning. The Herald, The anti-war candidate may yet be belligerent, by IAN BELL, July 23 2008   chastise [ chas-TAHYZ, CHAS-tahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to condemn, rebuke or criticize severely 2. to discipline by severe punishment 3. (archaic.) to make pure   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher chastised the student for his shabby work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If he was the only one doing it then I would chastise him but I'm afraid he's not the only one doing it. BBC, Holloway column, 9 February 2007   apt [ apt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. prone, likely or inclined 2. appropriate, suitable or fitting 3. intelligent or quick to understand, apprehend or learn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It is an apt conclusion to the crisis.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Wat Pa Laung Ta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastary, also known by the apt nickname Tiger Temple, in Kanchanburi, Thailand, is home to 34 tigers. abcNEWS, Tiger Temple of Thailand, December 17, 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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