TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 25-Oct-11
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 25-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists desultory [ DES-uh' l-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] [ adjective ] MEANING : haphazard, erratic or irregular USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The desultory conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has caused a major humanitarian crisis in the region. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Although there were only ever a few hundred active Tuareg fighters, this desultory yet brutal conflict pinned the Malian army down over vast swathes of northern Mali, and saw 160,000 Tuareg fleeing into neighbouring countries. Telegraph, Rock and roll's real outlaws, 26/02/2004 altruism [ AL-troo-iz-uh' m ] [...