TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 26-Jan-12

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	26-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inveigh [ in-VEY ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to speak out vehemently or protest bitterly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The politician preferred to inveigh against his many enemies with the help of editorials in his newspaper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In England, at least, Black was something of a model proprietor, refusing to fire A.N. Wilson or Taki even after ugly public quarrels over Israel, preferring, instead, to inveigh against them and his myriad other enemies in the pages of his publications. Chronicles Magazine, The Fall of Lord Blackadder and Lady Manolo (of Blahnik), by Kevin Michael Grace   blasé [ blah-ZEY, BLAH-zey; Fr. bla*-ZEY ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apathetic to, indifferent to or bored with worldly pleasures 2. sophisticated 3. nonchalant or unconcerned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After being fired from his job his attitude towards life turned blasé.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ranjit's less blasé when talking about the animals under his care. The Times of India, The lion king, by Priya Pathiyan, 22 Jun 2003   kibbutz [ ki-BOO' TS, -BOOTS ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a community farm or settlement in israel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Agriculture is the main occupation of the people living in a kibbutz.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The members lived and worked in Kibbutz-style agricultural communes helping pensioners and the disabled. BBC, Russian youth group women jailed, 25 July 2002   glutton [ GLUHT-n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously 2. a person who consumes large portions of food 3. a person who has an excessive capacity to receive or withstand something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Because she had a limited budget she decided not to invite any gluttons to the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People seem to think I am eating the wrong foods and am a glutton, but I don't eat fatty foods. BBC, 'Don't dismiss people with diabetes as fat', Jane Elliott , 21 September 2008.   reprobation [ rep-ruh'-BEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. condemnation 2. damnation or rejection by the almighty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that the reprobation of sinners was wrong as nobody was perfect.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He'd phoned in risking an interrogation from Stephen, the reprobation of other listeners and a confrontation with his own demons. BBC, Life and death, Mark Wray, 15 June 2006   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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