TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 18-Nov-11

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	18-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists encomium [ en-KOH-mee-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   enthusiastic praise or laudation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An encomium by the Prime Minister and the President awaited Abhinav Bindra, the lone gold medallist from Beijing when he returned home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Derrida himself disagreed with pretty much everything anyone said about him; but he may have let that encomium pass. Economist, Jacques Derrida, French intellectual, Oct 21st 2004   divination [ div-uh'-NEY-shuh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of foretelling future events or discovering hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means 2. instinctive foresight; unusual insight   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The art of divination has faced ridicule through the ages.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Oracle Book: Answers To Life's Questions - mysterious book is a do-it-yourself divination tool. The Times of India, Answers To Life's Questions, 14 Mar 2004   feud [ fyood  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a blood feud or bitter, mutual enmity over generations between two clans or families 2. (intr.v.) to engage in or perpetuate a feud   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bloody feud had been ongoing for a century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A High Court judge has sought to impose peace in a bitter feud between neighbours in a gated development over an access road, a wall and even a single screw in a fence. Telegraph, Judge imposes order in neighbourly feud over access lane, John Bingham, 8 July 2009   glutinous [ GLOOT-n-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sticky 2. pertaining to or having the nature of glue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After he cut the bark of the tree, he observed a glutinous substance oozing out.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A bright orange pipeline slashed its way through the woods, leaking black pools of glutinous crude oil; there were dozens of collapsed drilling derricks, ugly welters of broken and rusting iron, wrecked trucks and everywhere a smell of sulphur and fuel. BBC, The island at the end of the world, 5 November 1997.   enthrall [ en-THRAWL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to charm or captivate 2. to hold spellbound or enchant 3. to subjugate or enslave   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The quartet of musicians enthralled the audience with their lively music.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Smith talks about growing up as the child of missionaries in China, becoming enthralled by the faith of other cultures, and his global travels and friendships with everyone from folk singer Pete Seeger to author Aldous Huxley. CNN, Huston Smith's painful spiritual odyssey, John Blake, 23 November 2009.   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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