TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Nov-11

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	29-Nov-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists natal [ NEYT-l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. accompanying or pertaining to one's birth 2. related to one's birthplace or time of birth 3. native   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Natal injuries while giving birth meant that the mother had to remain in hospital for many days.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Reipurth figures the star is a relative newborn, deeply embedded in its own natal cloud. CNN, Amateur finds new nebula with small telescope, By Robert Roy Britt, February 23, 2004   acronym [ AK-ruh'-nim  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of a name in a set phrase or series of words 2. an acrostic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Acronyms are often used because they are convenient and easy to remember.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The initials are the acronym for the movement he leads - Tanora malaGasy Vonona (Young Malagasies Determined). BBC, Madagascar's 'militant mayor', By Jonny Hogg, 3 February 2009   unison [ YOO-nuh'-suh'n, -zuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. identity of pitch 2. in perfect agreement; harmonizing exactly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The twins won the three legged race as they moved in perfect unison with each other.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The people united can never be defeated, many crowd members chant in unison. CNN, Video shows Honduran troops shooting protesters' bus tires, 3 July 2009   irony [ AHY-ruh'-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the use of words to convey an opposite meaning 2. an outcome of events that is opposite to what was expected 3. a detached sarcastic technique of speech or writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The irony of the situation brought a small smile to his face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The final irony of this genocide was the manner in which West German courts tried to deal with it after it was over, especially in the late 1950s and the 1960s. BBC, Who Were the Guilty? Omer Bartov, 5 November 2005.   inequity [ in-EK-wi-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. bias or lack of equity 2. favouritism 3. an act or instance of injustice or unfairness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority stated that there was no inequity involved in the allotment of flats to applicants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One way to appreciate the inequity of the system is to note that in the 2005 election it took Labour on average 26,872 votes to win a Parliamentary seat. CNN, Analysis: Is the UK heading for political deadlock? Robin Oakley, 12 April 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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