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	19-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists aegis [ EE-jis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. protection; support: under the imperial aegis 2. Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its centre the head of the Gorgon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The GATT talks, held under the aegis of the WTO, promises the world a more equitable trading regime between the developing and developed countries.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kirsti Paakkanen, a stalwart of Finland's advertising world, was persuaded out of retirement to buy Marimekko from Amer for a song and under her aegis the company prospered, tapping new export markets. The Independent, How to dress like Jackie O, Susie Mesure, 23 March 2008   cuisine [ kwi-ZEEN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a manner, style or quality of preparing or cooking food 2. food that has been prepared   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The choice of cuisine was unique.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the tradition of Julia Child, another impressive voice for French cuisine wants to help home cooks pull off great food. abcNEWS, Joel Robuchon Brings French Cooking Home, By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor, December 26, 2008   heretic [ n. HER-i-tik; adj. HER-i-tik, huh'-RET-ik ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who holds controversial beliefs, especially contrary to religion, profession etc.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Joan of Arc was unjustly accused of being a heretic and, as a result, was burnt at the stake.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1633 the astronomer was tried as a heretic and forced to recant his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun. ABC NEWS, Vatican: It's OK to Believe in Aliens, By ARIEL DAVID, May 13, 2008   curator [ kyoo'-REY-ter, KYOO' R-ey- ; KYOO' R-uh-ter ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a manager, superintendent or a person in charge 2. on who is a legal guardian of a person who is a minor, lunatic or is incompetent in some other way to take care of his/her property   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The curator of the museum was a respected man.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A curator checks artifacts at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad on March 17, 2008. National Geographic, Iraq Museum Still Too Damaged to Reopen, January 7, 2009   adulteration [ uh'-duhl-tuh'-REY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the process of making something impure by adding something inferior or extraneous or spurious to it 2. one that is impure or adulterated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Adulteration of food products is a punishable offence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The U.S. attorney's office announced Robert Ray Courtney, 48, of Kansas City, and the pharmacy he owns, Research Medical Tower Pharmacy, were each charged with eight counts of tampering with consumer products, six counts of adulteration of a drug and six counts of misbranding of a drug. CNN, Pharmacist faces 20 counts of drug tampering, By Terry Frieden CNN Washington Bureau, August 24, 2001   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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