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English words with their original pronunciation (Part 1)

salman366

salman366

Pakistan

Let's start to learn English Words with their meanings and also learn it's original pronunciation.

  1. Word: Aback

          Pronunciation: A-bak

          Meaning: Backwards; unxepectedly

          Sentence: The ship came up into the wind with all yards aback.

 

     2.  Word: Abandon

          Pronunciation: a-ba'n dun

          Meaning: Give up

          Sentence: Abandon your life to God.

 

     3.  Word: Abdicate

          Pronunciation: ab'dikat

          Meaning: to give up office or dignity

          Sentence: The King abdicated when he married a divorcee. 

 

     4.  Word: Abnegation

          Pronunciation: ab'ne'gashun

          Meaning: Renunciation, denial

          Sentence:  Abnegation of the Holy Trinity.

 

      5. Word: Abbreviate

          Pronunciation: ab_dre'viat

          Meaning: To lessen ; to shorten

          Sentence: Abbreviate 'New York' and write 'NY'.

 

      6. Word: Abhor

          Pronunciation: ab-hor

          Meaning: Detest

          Sentence: She abhors cats.

 

     7.  Word: Ablaze

          Pronunciation: a-blaze

          Meaning: On fire

          Sentence: forests set ablaze by lightning.

 

     8.  Word: Abolish

          Pronunciation: a-blo'ish

          Meaning: Do away with

          Sentence: Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia.

 

      9. Word: Abrest

          Pronunciation: a brest

          Meaning: Side by side

          Sentence: Kept abreast of the latest developments.

 

    10. Word: Abscond

          Pronunciation: ab-skond

          Meaning: Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

          Sentence: The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe.

 

 

If you would want me that i will post more words like this so pass your comments.

 

 

08:40 AM Dec 24 2007 |

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cute-guy2008

Kuwait

Great one

keep it up

08:58 AM Dec 24 2007 |

salman366

salman366

Pakistan

Thank you for your reply.

02:35 PM Dec 24 2007 |

ramesh.sinha1

India

thanks ! keep posting!

I wanna know how do you pronounce these words " Asian, version, measure, major,occasion,pleasure,pledgure,"?

07:50 PM Aug 13 2010 |