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	16-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists turquoise [ TUR-koiz, -kwoiz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a mineral greenish-blue in colour and used as a gem 2. a greenish-blue colour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He presented his girlfriend with a beautiful, turquoise necklace on her birthday.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pilgrims journey overland from the remotest regions of Tibet to congregate here, in a colorful parade of striped aprons, yak-skin boots, bowler hats, silver, turquoise and agate beads. CNN, Tibet: A Land of Yaks and Yore   exorcise [ EK-sawr-sahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to command or force to depart or to expel by incantation or prayer 2. to free a person who is possessed from an evil spirit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He told the couple that their house was haunted and that he knew someone who would exorcise the demon for a small fee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He claims the book, which he wrote in a shed at the bottom of his garden, has been cathartic – it has been his only therapy apart from some marriage-guidance counselling – but it is obvious that he still has demons to exorcise, not least the alter ego he calls Gollum, after the warped, hobbity character in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The Telegraph, Brian Moore: the abuse and abandonment that shaped rugby's Pit Bull, Elizabeth Grice, 2 January 2010.   errant [ ER-uh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. given to travelling; roving, esp. in search of an adventure 2. straying from the proper course or accepted standards 3. moving about without an aim or direction 4. notorious; characterised by wrong behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The popular and endearing "Sindbad the sailor" fables are about an errant sailor from Baghdad who voyages on all the seven seas and amasses a fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When I nail into vulnerable areas like door jambs, I use shims to protect the trim from errant hammer marks. Reader's Digest,The Family Handyman, Protection Against Hammer Marks, Craig Gennesey, September 2000   daunt [ dawnt, dahnt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to intimidate, horrify or frighten 2. to dishearten or discourage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was daunted by the enormity of the task before him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The first 20 overs with an SG ball by genuinely fast bowlers can daunt any batting line-up of the world. The Times of India, Pacers will hold key for Pakistan, Rashid Latif, 21 February 2005   agile [ AJ-uh' l, AJ-ahyl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. nimble or marked by swift, easy grace 2. acute, sharp or swift mentally   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was well known for his agile mind and fast reflexes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The distinctive swimming technique of a bony fish is being used to develop agile, propellerless submarines. BBC, Robot fins to propel submarines, 31 July 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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