TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 10-Oct-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 10-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists semblance [ SEM-bluh' ns ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. form or outward appearance 2. a copy, likeness or representation 3. modicum or trace USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : A semblance of order has to exist for things to run smoothly. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : An Iraqi member of staff at the BBC Baghdad bureau reflects on the return of traffic police and some semblance of order to Baghdad's streets. BBC, Viewpoint: Law and order Iraqi style, 3 March 2009 banter [ BAN-ter ] [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to playfully ridicule or tease 2. (intr.v.) to tease playfully 3. (n.) a playful exchange of teasing remarks USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : They bantered all through the nigh