TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 16-Dec-11

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	16-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impolitic [ im-POL-i-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   unwise, imprudent or not expedient   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The impolitic poll tax which was attempted to be levied on the citizens of the UK by Margaret Thatcher led to the most violent protests Britain had witnessed in a century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Mori was infamous for such impolitic remarks during his 2000-2001 leadership. BBC, Japan's gaffe-prone politicians, 4 June, 2004   adept [ adj. uh'-DEPT; n. AD-ept, uh'-DEPT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   highly skilled; very proficient in something requiring skill; expert   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An adept artisan has been hired to restore a priceless Ming dynasty vase.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For a man who picked up a tidy international reputation with the instrument, John Wallace is not always adept at blowing his own trumpet. The Herald, Let's blow the trumpet for our artistic jewel, RUTH WISHART, February 20 2008   jab [ jab ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to poke or pierce esp. with a stick 2. (tr.v.) to punch with short, straight blows 3. (n.) a swift blow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The old man jabbed the barking dog with his walking stick.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual jab is being tested on UK volunteers. BBC, Universal flu vaccine tests start, Emma Wilkinson, 5 September 2008.   ruddy [ RUHD-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a fresh and healthy red colour 2. rosy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the children at the hill station had a ruddy complexion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You'll see teenagers -- already working on ruddy beer-glow cheeks -- roll kegs up the streets and into the pubs in preparation for another night of music and craic (fun conversation and atmosphere). CNN, The Dingle Peninsula: Escape to pure Ireland, Rick Steves, 25 March 2009.   mercenary [ MUR-suh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) serving only for money or other reward 2. (adj.) hired to serve or serving in a foreign army or guerrilla organization 3.(n.) a hireling or professional soldier engaged to serve in a foreign army 4. (n.) a soldier of fortune   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Because his outlook on life was so mercenary, his friends urged him to do some charity work for a change.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This month, the government announced a presidential pardon for British mercenary Simon Mann, who had been serving a 34-year prison sentence in Equatorial Guinea. CNN, President wins controversial Equatorial Guinea vote, 13 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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