TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-Oct-11

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	28-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists discursive [ di-SKUR-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. randomly digress from topic to topic 2. related to discourse 3. concluding by analysis and reasoning and not by intuition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The speaker's discursive speech on the state of affairs of the country induced a sense of stupor among the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Instead, thinking, especially discursive thinking, is to be acknowledged but then put to one side so that the mind is not carried away by worries, anxieties, and endless hopes and fears. BBC, Zen Meditation   descant [ n., adj. DES-kant; v. des-KANT, dis- ]   [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the highest part that is sung in part music 2. (n.) a song or melody 3. (n.) a discussion or discourse on a subject 4. (adj.) highest member in a family of musical instruments 5. (intr.v.) to comment at great length   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Amateurs find it hard to master the descant.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As this exhibition unfolds, Donatello's art sings out like a descant. Telegraph, Donatello's depth of vision, Serena Davies, 10 Nov 2004   flinch [ flinch  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to wince or to recoil from something unpleasant 2. (intr.v.) to wince or shrink 3. (n.) an act or instance of flinching   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He flinched before the doctor could administer the eye drops.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sitting less than a metre away from a poisonous cobra, the children show no signs of fear and do not flinch when faced with one of the deadly snakes. Telegraph, Children in India train to become snake charmers, 10 June 2009   blowhard [ BLOH-hahrd  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a boastful person 2. a braggart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When the blowhard had finished his speech, the crowd demanded for verification of his tall claims.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His sole Labour defender was Sir Stuart Bell, who was misguided enough to claim that he spoke for a "majority of the House" when he actually spoke only for the clique of Mr Martin's die-hard and blowhard supporters. The Telegraph, MPs' expenses: Speaker must go for the sake of Commons, 19 May 2009.   provincial [ pruh'-VIN-shuh'l  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to the provinces or a particular province 2. (adj.) having the characteristics of the unsophisticated people of a province 3. (n.) a person who comes from or lives in the provinces 4. (n.) someone who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness 3. (n.) the head of a religious order who presides over a province   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   According to provincial customs, one had to remove one's footwear before entering anybody's home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mount Batur, which has erupted 26 times since 1840, is about 40 miles (60km) northeast of the provincial capital, Denpasar. The Telegraph, Bali: tourist falls to death in crater of active volcano, 31 March 2010.   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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