TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Oct-11

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	29-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists consanguinity [ kon-sang-GWIN-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. blood relationship or kinship 2. a close relationship, affinity or connection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Though the Iranians may claim a sense of consanguinity with the Germanic races, there is little similarity between them culturally.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sometimes the Israelis and Palestinians are best left alone to try to sort out their tragic consanguinity. The Economist, Israel and the Palestinians, Jul 26th 2001   devolve [ di-VOLV ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to pass on and transfer to another 2. (intr.v.) to be passed on or transferred to another 3. (intr.v.) to degenerate or deteriorate slowly or gradually   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Elections ensure that governance is devolved as per the wishes of the voting class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In recent years the UK has taken steps to devolve powers to Scotland and Wales. BBC, Country profile: United Kingdom , 22 January 2009   feckless [ FEK-lis  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. incompetent, feeble, futile or ineffective 2. irresponsible, worthless or careless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He could not be a good warrior because of his feckless fighting style.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The extent of the carnage left many with the uneasy sense that the long-simmering hostility between the country's two main sects has at last boiled over -- and that the fragile, feckless institutions of authority in Iraq have no means of holding the anger back. CNN, Age-old hostilities boil over, 26, february 2006   suavity [ SWAH-vi-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of being smoothly agreeable and courteous 2. the quality of being smooth and well mannered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The guests marvelled at the suavity of the Master of Ceremonies who was able to liven up a dull party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Morrissey has promised "a thundering bill of tight nerves and suavity." BBC, Morrissey to grace Wireless event, 25 March 2008.   pulmonary [ PUHL-muh'-ner-ee  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to the lungs or like the lungs 2. affecting the lungs   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had a pulmonary condition that could not be cured but had to be monitored and kept under control with appropriate treatment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The researchers studied healthy male volunteers who had breathed a low oxygen atmosphere for 30 minutes to induce pulmonary hypertension. BBC, Viagra treats heart and lung disease, 23 July 2001.   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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