TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-Jan-12

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	08-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mirth [ murth ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   gaiety, happiness or amusement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her mirth on seeing his downfall became evident from the sadistic expression on her face.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This barrel chested striker was the subject of much mirth by way of a famous old music hall ditty. The Herald, Who Was He?, JAMES PORTEOUS and JAMES MORGAN, June 04 2007   callow [ KAL-oh ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) immature or lacking experience 2. (adj.) (pertaining to a young bird) unfledged or featherless 3. (n.) a worker ant that has been hatched recently   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The callow youth was not held responsible for his actions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People love the legend of Owen as the handsome, slightly callow young writer whose talent was forged in the furnace of war but that is partly a myth, says Mr Hibberd. BBC, Myth and magic of Wilfred Owen, by Vincent Dowd, 4 November 2008   uproar [ UHP-rawr, -rohr ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a condition of noisy disturbance; tumult   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was an uproar at the society meeting because the secretary had accepted a bribe from the contractor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pictures released in Colombia showing more than two-hundred-and-fifty police and soldiers being held by rebels in secret detention camps, have caused uproar. BBC, Uproar at pictures of FARC camps, 9 October 2000   disquietude [ dis-KWAHY-i-tood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being worried or uneasy 2. anxiety or edginess   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The disquietude of the parents mounted as it was past six o'clock and their daughter had not come back from school.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As well as a general disquietude about the passing of time - I wasted it, and now it apparently wastes me - the anniversary serves as an unwanted reminder that I exist in a sort of Peter Pan time-warp, destined to stay a child for ever. The Telegraph, Diary, Clemency Burton-Hill, 25 June 2005   embroil [ em-BROIL ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to entangle or involve in contention 2. to bring into discord or conflict 3. to involve in argument or hostile actions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company was embroiled in a controversy regarding the bribery of customs officials and the under invoicing of imported machinery.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Two former Labour ministers face embarrassment after becoming embroiled in the "Lobbygate" scandal. The Telegraph, Two more former ministers, Adam Ingram and Richard Caborn, embroiled in 'Lobbygate', Melissa Kite and David Hencke, 28 March 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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