Daily Wordlist 21-Oct-11

	21-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fulsome [ FOO' L-suh' m, FUHL- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   effusive, excessive, overdone or repulsive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The host's fulsome praise for the Chief Guest was deeply embarrassing to all those who were present.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the midst of fulsome praise for US president George Bush and Condoleezza Rice, the foreign office continued to hedge its bets. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Nuke deal: So far so good, but…, 18 Nov 2006, Indrani Bagchi,TNN   affectation [ af-ek-TEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   behaviour that is artificial rather than natural; an effort to attract notice by pretence or any assumed peculiarity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Affectations are often employed by people in social gatherings.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems a growing awareness of the damage caused by the sun has helped make an old-fashioned affectation hip again. abcNews, Sun Block: Parasols As Modern Accessory, By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer, April 7, 2008   equanimity [ ee-kwuh'-NIM-i-tee, ek-wuh'-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   stability, composure, equilibrium or calmness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His equanimity in the face of severe crisis was applauded even by his critics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So far, however, the crunch is being faced with equanimity. Telegraph, Glyndebourne: preserving the festival's identity, Rupert Christiansen, 6 May 2009   ingenue [ AN-zhuh'-noo; Fr. an-zhey-NY ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the actress who plays the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman 2. a naive, innocent girl or young woman   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She had the perfect profile to act as an ingenue in the pantomime.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But with its carefully choreographed gravitas, this trip will go some way to reassuring US voters that he is not the foreign policy ingenue his critics claim he is. BBC, Is Obama's trip a hit back home? Jack Izzard, 24 July 2008.   insatiable [ in-SEY-shuh'-buh'l, -shee-uh-  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. incapable of being appeased 2. cannot be satisfied   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had an insatiable desire to collect rare stamps.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We do not understand nor approve of Washington's insatiable appetite for spending, because that's not the way we as individuals live. CNN, Tea Party leader: What we want, Phillip Dennis, 15 April 2010.   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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