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	20-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists august [ AW-guh'st ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having great prominence and importance 2. (n.) the eighth month of the year   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the peasants bowed upon seeing the august personage of the king.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Soon, other august noblemen were introduced to Lady Caroline, and it was not long before her dance card was filled (the last set reserved for her husband). Chapter 5, France/Belgium/Bavaria - February 1815.   hubbub [ HUHB-uhb ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an uproar or confusion caused by many voices 2. tumult 3. loud noises or din   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The group discussion turned out to be a regular hubbub with each candidate trying to shout down the others.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Within minutes of filling in my registration forms there was a hubbub at the door and David Cameron, Andrew Lansley and the rest of the shadow health team accompanied by senior Royal Marsden staff arrived in the room. The Telegraph, Was Mo Mowlam right to have lied about her cancer? Linda McDougall, Jenni Murray and Dr Sarah Burnett, 19 January 2010.   flummox [ FLUHM-uh' ks ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   perplex; confound; confuse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In cricket, the reverse sweep is often employed by the batsman in order to flummox the bowler.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Benneteau, who reached the quarters here two years ago, repeated the trick in the second, breaking Federer's serve at 5-4 with a crosscourt backhand to flummox the advancing Swiss. ABC News, Federer Fends off Brave Benneteau Challenge, By Miles Evans, June 2, 2008   ardor [ AHR-der ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. passion, fervour or fiery intensity 2. zeal or enthusiasm 3. fiery glow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ardour of the UEFA fans is unmatched.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Los Angeles is historically friendly to incumbents, but Hahn's supporters have less ardor than his opponents, so a high turn-out election should benefit them, not him. abcNews, The Note: 'Both Hopeful and Precarious', By MARK HALPERIN, MARC AMBINDER and LISA TODOROVICH, March 8, 2005   amulet [ AM-yuh'-lit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a good luck charm 2. an object worn by an individual that is supposed to ward off evil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the villagers believed that they would become victims of the evil eye if they did not wear an amulet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The key to this adventure is a mysterious amulet (isn't it always?) that will make the vampires human again if they can hold it up to the night sky as a comet passes by the moon. CNN, 'The Little Vampire' never comes to life, Paul Clinton, 27 October 2000.   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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