TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Nov-11
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 01-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists goad [ gohd ] [ noun, intransitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (intr. v.) to provoke, prod or urge into action 2. (n.) a stimulus or a painful object used to urge USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : Shepherds in Scotland use a goad to drive cattle. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Polo gave to the age of exploration that followed the marvels of the East, the strange customs, the fabulous riches, the tribes with gold teeth. It was a Book of Dreams, an incentive, a goad. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time, Travels, by Marco Polo (1298) ambience [ AM-bee-uh' ns; Fr. ahn*-BYAHN*S ] [ noun ] MEANING : atmosphere, feeling or mood associated with a plac