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	23-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists amalgamate [ uh'-MAL-guh'-meyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to mix, combine or blend together 2. (tr.v.) to mix with mercury 3. (intr.v.) to coalesce, merge or unite   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All data has to be amalgamated, then studied, to reach a valid conclusion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Australian institute has just completed an atlas of sea temperatures over the past decade and amalgamated it with historical data to show 2002 was the warmest year for water temperatures off northeast Australia since 1870. CNN, Global warming threat to Barrier Reef, July 25, 2002   paroxysm [ PAR-uh' k-siz-uh 'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a sudden fit, outburst or spasm of action or emotion 2. an attack, intensification or recurrence of a certain disease   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People thought him to be weird because of his fits of paroxysms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   America was still reeling from the 1960s, a paroxysm of a decade that, among so many other things, had significantly diminished citizens' faith that their government would be on the side of the angels. abcNews, Deep Throat: Beyond the Man, the Icon Lives On, By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer, December 19, 2008   picaresque [ pik-uh'-RESK ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. characteristic of a form of prose related to the adventures of a fictional, rogue-like hero in spain 2. rascally, devilish or pertaining to rogues   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A picaresque is an intricate part of the plot of any romance novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A heartwarming picaresque set in Mumbai, it is based on the novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup and adapted by Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty). Telegraph, Slumdog Millionaire: Dev Patel hits the jackpot, By Tim Burrows, 01 Dec 2008   prophylactic [ proh-fuh'-LAK-tik, prof-uh'- ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) protective or preventive esp. against a disease 2. (n.) a vaccine, drug or preventive treatment 3. (n.) a contraceptive mechanism or device   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prophylactic medication was ineffective as the virus spread to epidemic proportions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In premenopausal women taking steroids for SLE, the researchers conclude, bone mineral density can be preserved or increased with prophylactic therapy. The Times of India, 'India at par with Aus in crisis', 22 Mar 2004   retaliate [ ri-TAL-ee-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to return or repay esp. something evil with something evil 2. (intr.v.)to exact revenge or reciprocate evil with evil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The union leader retaliated by asking the mill workers to go on strike.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The cross-border developments came as North Korea said it would retaliate if a "satellite" launch from its northeastern coast were intercepted, with the communist nation saying interference would "mean a war." BBC News, Merthyr FC's temporary reprieve, 20 February 2009   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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