TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 06-Jan-12

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	06-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impassive [ im-PAS-iv ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. apathetic, expressionless or insensible 2. placid, serene or calm   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Headmaster's impassive face did not reveal what punishment he had in store for the errant school boy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Much of the credit for this must go to the performers, particularly the soprano Susan Bickley, whose bleached-out impassive tone was the perfect counterfoil to the music's fevered intensity. Telegraph, Bold programming delivers naivety and intensity, 26/01/2004   beset [ bi-SET ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to stud 2. to assail, surround, hem in or attack 3. to harass or trouble   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As the news of their engagement spread, they were beset with well-wishers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   China has been beset by a series of food- and product-scares in recent years. abcNEWS, China Names "Western Liquors" in New Health Scare, January 16, 2009   karaoke [ kar-ee-OH-kee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   an act where a person sings along a music video with the lyrics of the song being displayed on a screen   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She took up karaoke to overcome her stage fright.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Check out the Buddhist temple (Rua São Joaquim), the karaoke bars and sushi restaurants -- one of the best of which is Takô (Rua da Glória 746, Liberdade). CNN, Experience Brazilian high culture and in hip São Paulo, Mairi Mackay, 23 March 2009   contraband [ KON-truh'-band ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) smuggled merchandise or anything which is prohibited by law from being imported or exported 2. (n.) prohibited or illegal trade 3. (adj.) banned from export or import.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A tourist was detained by the customs officer because of the contraband items in his suitcase.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When we got to Drogheda, the Guards got on the train to inspect our luggage for contraband. BBC, Writers Showcase, Colette O'Hare, 22 December 2009.   fugitive [ FYOO-ji-tiv ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a runaway or a someone who is fleeing from prosecution 2. (n.) a refugee 3.(n.) something fleeting or lasting for a short while only 4. (adj.) fleeing 3. (adj.) lasting a short while   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fugitive was apprehended when he tried to cross the border.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A fugitive is any person who is wanted for prosecution and remains at large. The Telegraph, US accused of 'insulting' Gary McKinnon in 'fugitive defendants' extradition description, Christopher Hope, 30 July 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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