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	28-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists babble [ BAB-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to say meaningless and indistinct words 2. (tr. v.) to speak rapidly and indistinctly 3. (n.) unclear and meaningless talk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The toddler babbled in response to questions asked.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Babies this age often begin to babble, squeal, gurgle and laugh. CNN, Infant development: What happens from 4 to 6 months? 17 June 2009.   bestial [ BES-chuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. beastly or pertaining to or in the form of a beast 2. inhuman behaviour 3. debased or marked by depravity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The legend is about a person who assumed a bestial form on the night of the full moon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Fr Murray, a well-known civil rights campaigner, said the treatment of prisoners in the H Blocks was "squalid, cowardly and bestial". BBC, Northern Ireland 1979 archives, 30 December 2009.   iconoclast [ ahy-KON-uh'-klast ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who destroys religious images or objects to their worship 2. a person who attacks prejudices, beliefs or institutions that are based on superstitions or erroneous rationale   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Only an iconoclast like Raja Rammohan Roy could have succeeded in abolishing sati from Hindu society.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A natural-born iconoclast, Fela was a legend in his own lifetime; as infamous for his lifestyle and politics as he was acclaimed for his music. National Geographic, Fela Kuti   splenetic [ spli-NET-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) splenetic or pertaining to the spleen 2. (adj.) spiteful, peevish or ill-tempered 3. (n.) one who is splenetic in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The meeting between the management and the labourers was marked by disruptions due to the splenetic behaviour of the union leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As if Jacqui Smith didn't have troubles enough at home, she has now put up the back of one of America's most splenetic radio talk-show hosts. Economist, The creeps of wrath, May 7th 2009   cleave [ kleev ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to penetrate or pierce 2. (tr.v.) to divide, disunite or split 3. (intr.v.) to split or fall apart 4. (intr.v.) to cling or adhere closely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The JCB machine cleaved a path through the dense jungle so that a road could be built which connected the two villages.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. BBC, Divorce and the Catholic Church, 30 October 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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