TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 20-Nov-11

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	20-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hermetic [ hur-Met-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. airtight, impervious or sealed by fusion 2. magical or esoteric 3. associated with or related to hermes trismegistus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new hermetic sealed packets keep the food fresh and hot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's as though both the paper and the implements on show have been given life in the hermetic atmospheres of the display cases. BBC, Collective, A garden of delights   aggravate [ AG-ruh'-veyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make matters worse or more troublesome 2. to rouse to anger or exasperation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A thoughtless word or action aggravates a potentially volatile situation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Major loss of land and other property would aggravate poverty and hardship in the region. National Geographic, Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns, Pallava Bagla, May 7, 2002   excoriation [ ik-skawr-ee-EY-shuh' n, -skohr-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. abrasion or scrape 2. wound or injury 3. denouncement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Application of the medication on the excoriation resulted in a burning sensation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The authors regard their excoriation in the US press as a sign of the lobby's effectiveness, and point out that reviews abroad have been much more favourable. BBC, US storm over book on Israel lobby, Henri Astier, 22 November 2007   dregs [ dregs ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. lees or sediment 2. a small quantity 3. the portion that is not desirable or unwanted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old woman predicted that he would experience good fortune before the end of the day merely by examining the dregs left behind in his tea cup.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What angers these young men and women – and me – greatly, is the belief held by some that recruits only join the Army because they are too thick to do anything else; that soldiers are somehow little lost souls to be pitied; the dregs of society too hopeless to help themselves. The Telegraph, Andy McNab: fury of the firing line, 27 September 2009.   irrefutable [ ih-REF-yuh'-tuh'-buh'l, ir-i-FYOO-tuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. undeniable or that cannot be disproved 2. that cannot be disputed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer won the case because his arguments were based on irrefutable facts.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said that, although archetypal tackling still goes on, there is an irrefutable competitive reason for defenders hurling themselves into ball carriers instead of trying to pull them down. CNN, Hey, what happened to tackling? Bob Greene, 13 December 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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