TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 27-Jul-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 27-Jul-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists penury [ PEN-yuh'-ree ] [ noun ] MEANING : extreme poverty or want USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : His tendency to gamble reduced him to penury. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The collapse of Russia's state institutions and social infrastructure under Yeltsin, accompanied by a hyperinflation that reduced the middle class and pensioners to penury, was a trauma of incomparably greater magnitude than the Great Depression. Chronicles Magazine, Russia and the West: The Tragedy of 1204 Redux, By Srdja Trifkovic rapprochement [ rap-rohsh-MAHN*; Fr. r*a*-pr*awsh-mahn* ] [ noun ] MEANING : the reestablishment of friendly relations; the state of having harmonious relations USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The rapprochement reached between the US and Russia
