TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Nov-11

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	02-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists fickle [ FIK-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inconstant, changeable or lacking steadfastness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fickle weather in Darjeeling means that residents carry an umbrella with them at all times, even on apparently bright, sunny days.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That much of Eurostat's predicted boom comes from immigration makes it even wobblier, since migration flows depend heavily on economic circumstances, as well as on fickle changes in politics and migration law. Economist, Multiplying and arriving, Aug 28th 2008   condolence [ kuh' n-DOH-luh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. expression of sympathy with someone who has been through a lot of pain, grief or misfortune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Condolences were offered by the Maj. General to the widows of army men.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A spokesman for Great Ormond Street Hospital said: "The trust offers its sincere condolences to the family on this tragic death." Telegraph, Premature baby who suffered suspected glucose overdose has died, 03 Feb 2009   flop [ flop  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to lie down or fall noisily 2. (intr.v.) to fail completely 3. (tr.v.) to fall or drop noisily 4. (n.) an instance or act of flopping   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She flopped down on the bench.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Alamo has all the ingredients of a flop, that is "a film that fails at the box office, and with critics and audiences." BBC, What makes a film flop? Tom Bishop, 13, April 2004   discrepancy [ di-SKREP-uh'n-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. difference 2. an instance of inconsistency or disagreement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a huge discrepancy in the profit statement presented by the CFO at the shareholders meeting and the auditors report.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Underlying this variety of experience was the discrepancy between the limited economic opportunities available on the land and the attractions of the towns or colonies. BBC, The Rural Exodus, Mike Winstanley, 5 November 2009.   heterodox [ HET-er-uh'-doks  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. not in accordance with established beliefs or opinions 2. not in agreement with accepted theological doctrines 3. holding or having unorthodox opinions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was unperturbed even though the community frowned on his heterodox behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chicago, Friedman noted, was "a new, raw city bursting with energy, far less sophisticated than New York, but for that very reason far more tolerant of diversity, of heterodox ideas." CNN, Excerpt: 'Bellow: A Biography', James Atlas, 27 November 2000,   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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