TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-Feb-14
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 28-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists cistern [ SIS-tern ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a reservoir, tank or receptacle for holding water or other liquid 2. a receptacle of natural fluid of the body 3. a tank for catching and storing rainwater USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The government planned to build a huge cistern in the catchment area to harvest rain water for the nearby village. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Lipkis and the TreePeople imagine a time when as many as a million homes and businesses have rainwater cisterns all electronically networked and ready to provide treated drinking water to the public. CNN, Cisterns save rainwater, quench environmental thirst, Gabe Ramirez, 13 August 2009. testy [ TES-tee ] [ adjective ] MEANING : touchy, irrita