TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 05-Nov-11

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	05-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists charlatan [ SHAHR-luh'-tn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a person who pretends to possess more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The field of astrology is filled with charlatans.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He is an authentic legend in a game that now breeds herds of the charlatan variety. The Herald, Rush: Scots have what it takes to reach finals, HUGH MacDONALD, September 06 2008   affluence [ AF-loo-uh'ns or, often, uh'-FLOO-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an abundance of money or property 2. a flowing to or towards a point   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The general affluence of the elite ensures that their homes are well taken care of.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The island's relative affluence represents a dramatic turnaround from where things were heading in the early 1990s. National Geographic, Thai Village Trades Illegal Fishers for Ecotourists, Stefan Lovgren in Koh Yao Noi, Thailand, December 19, 2005   fringe [ frinj  ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a decorative edge or border that has hanging cords and strips 2. (n.) a periphery or edge 3. (tr.v.) to furnish or decorate with a fringe 4. (tr.v.) to form a fringe or border for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She styled her hair with a cute little fringe covering her forehead.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People also reported other fringe benefits such as better general health and reduced weight and smoking. BBC, Football therapy - for the mentally ill, Jane Elliott, 29 September 2008   anathema [ uh'-NATH-uh'-muh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person or object loathed 2. a curse of divine punishment 3. a person who is damned   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The topic of religion was anathema to the atheist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The very thought that parents may know best is anathema to this Government, which insists that one system suits all. The Telegraph, The man in Whitehall doesn't know best about education, 29 November 2009.   hail [ heyl  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to greet, salute or acclaim enthusiastically 2. (tr. v.) to call out so as to attract attention 3. (tr. v.) to pour down or shower with 4. (intr. v.) to call out a greeting 5. (n.) a greeting or salutation 6. (n.) a shout or call to draw attention 7. (n.) a showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets of ice or a shower of anything that falls like pellets of ice   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was hailed as a mighty warrior throughout the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He will hail the ''experience, judgment and boldness'' of his successor in Number 10, Gordon Brown, and the ''decisive action'' the Prime Minister took to deal with the economic crisis. The Telegraph, General Election 2010: Tony Blair to hail Gordon Brown's leadership, 30 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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