TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Sep-12

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	29-Sep-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists soliloquy [ suh-LIL-uh'-kwee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an act or instance when one talks to oneself 2. a monologue or speech in a drama where the character expresses his feelings and thoughts to the audience by means of talking to himself or herself rather than by talking to the other characters   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her habit of soliloquy caused her to be termed crazy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yet because Sterling has made his own impact as a writer of fiction, he uses as his theme the famous "all the world's a stage" soliloquy describing the seven stages of life from Shakespeare's "As You Like It." CNN, Author takes a peek at the future in 'Tomorrow Now', By Renay San Miguel, February 26, 2003   impolitic [ im-POL-i-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unwise, imprudent or not expedient   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impolitic poll tax which was attempted to be levied on the citizens of the UK by Margaret Thatcher led to the most violent protests Britain had witnessed in a century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Mori was infamous for such impolitic remarks during his 2000-2001 leadership. BBC, Japan's gaffe-prone politicians, 4 June, 2004   proscribe [ proh-SKRAHYB ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to prohibit, condemn or banish 2. to announce a person as outlawed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thief was found guilty and proscribed to imprisonment for five years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Why the Bush administration continues to consort with the ISI, when there is probably enough material to proscribe it, is something of a mystery? The Times of India, CIA doesn't see eye-to-eye with ISI, By Chidanand Rajghatta, 11 Oct 2001   pensive [ PEN-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   thoughtful especially when sad or gloomy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The traumatic incident made the boy pensive for many months.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suresh Nanda told TOI that the incident had made his son pensive over the years. The Times of India, My son lost his youth in trial, Smriti Singh, 6 Sep 2008   temerity [ tuh'-MER-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   recklessness, boldness or rashness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was punished for his temerity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These companies have the temerity to act like it's business as usual. abcNEWS, Protesters Urge Olympic Sponsors to Press China, By HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer, 20 June 2008   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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