TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 21-Dec-11

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	21-Dec-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pensive [ PEN-siv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   thoughtful especially when sad or gloomy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The traumatic incident made the boy pensive for many months.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suresh Nanda told TOI that the incident had made his son pensive over the years. The Times of India, My son lost his youth in trial, Smriti Singh, 6 Sep 2008   amortize [ AM-er-tahyz, uh'-MAWR-tahyz ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to liquidate or pay on by means of small instalments 2. to gradually write off the value or cost of something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court ordered the man to amortize as he wasn't able to pay up the loan he had received, owing to dire circumstances.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Avoid overdependence on highly fluctuating seasonal tourism numbers, as well as avoiding heavy investment into equipment that cannot be amortized under global warming scenarios. BBC, The slippery slope of winter sports, by Carmen de Jong, 6 August 2007   corporeal [ kawr-PAWR-ee-uh' l, -POHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. bodily or physical 2. material or not intangible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Corporeal punishment has been banned in schools.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The doggy thoughts almost took on corporeal form. BBC, By passing the blockage of nations, Richard Black, 15 January 2008   chaplain [ CHAP-lin ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a member of the clergy attached to a chapel or to a branch of the armed forces 2. a member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, like a hospital or a prison 3. a member of the clergy who conducts religious services for a royal court   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The chaplain knelt down and prayed with the congregation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Due to open in November, co-ordinating chaplain Reverend Hedges has appealed to members of her diocese near Norwich to visit and help with their rehabilitation. The Telegraph, Prison chaplain encourages people to visit lonely sex offenders, 1 October 2009.   sedentary [ SED-n-ter-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by remaining in one place or not moving about 2. accustomed to rest a great deal or to take little exercise 3. having or requiring a sitting posture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The physiotherapist told him that his backache was due to his sedentary job.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leading a sedentary lifestyle may make us genetically old before our time, a study suggests. BBC, Sedentary life 'speeds up ageing', 29 January 2008.   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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