TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Feb-12

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	02-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists jaded [ JEY-did ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   wearied, bored, dulled or fatigued   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The educated urban youth in Mumbai is so jaded that they find even rave parties unexciting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Variously described as jaded and lacking belief in their futures—"a burned generation," as Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi put it—they are increasingly leaving for Europe and elsewhere. National Geographic, Iran Archaeology   atelier [ AT-l-yey, at-l-YEY; Fr. Atuh*-LYEY ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a workshop, workroom or studio esp. one that is used by a designer or artist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An atelier should be well lit with natural light.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1955, with brothers Piero and Milan, Crommelynck founded his own atelier in the 14th arrondissement. Telegraph, Aldo Crommelynck, 31 Jan 2009   unexceptionable [ uhn-ik-SEP-shuh'-nuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   completely acceptable; beyond criticism   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The unexceptionable terms of the contract seemed fair and just to all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   How can you have common news values in a deeply divided society, where an event or a word or expression regarded as unexceptionable in one community is inflammatory and provocative to the other? BBC, Tip-toeing through the minefield - Tracking the Truth in Northern Ireland, 18 May 1988   meteoric [ mee-tee-AWR-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. consisting of meteors 2. pertaining to or resembling meteors 3. pertaining to the earth's atmosphere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   According to the news it was just some meteoric debris and not an alien invasion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Her powerful influence in the tech world has grown in tandem with the meteoric rise of Google and seen her achieve countless accolades, such as in 2008, at the age of 33, becoming the youngest woman ever to be included on Fortune's most powerful women list. The Telegraph, Marissa Mayer: An omnivorous Google is coming, Emma Barnett, 14 December 2009.   vintner [ VINT-ner ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a winemaker or person who makes wine 2. a wine merchant or a person who sells wine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He started off by selling home made wine now he is a vintner with a huge vineyard and a factory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The country's first black female winemaker when she started out six years ago, Biyela has established herself as an award-winning vintner. CNN, South Africa's first black female winemaker on her vintage year, Lebo Diseko, 17 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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