TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Feb-12

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	09-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pittance [ PIT-ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a scanty or meagre allowance or remuneration 2. a small monetary sum   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fact that government employees in this country receive a pittance as salaries is probably the likely cause for corruption in the bureaucracy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The long-suffering shareholders of Northern Rock will likely receive a pittance in compensation in the wake of Chancellor Alistair Darling's announcement yesterday that the beleaguered mortgage lender is to be taken into temporary public ownership. The Herald, Buy-out will have a knock-on effect for borrowers, MARK SMITH, Deputy Business Editor, February 18 2008   frivolity [ fri-VOL-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. triviality, silliness or lightness 2. frippery, bagatelle or something has little or no importance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In 19th century England, frivolity was frowned upon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His instantly recognizable suits are directional yet classic, practical but with a touch of frivolity, eye catching but discreet. CNN, How Boateng changed face of tailoring, By Sylvia Smith for CNN, January 13, 2006   concord [ KON-kawrd, KONG- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. peace, harmony or mutual agreement 2. a covenant or treaty 3. (grammar.) agreement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The serenity of the village evolved from the concord between the elements and the land.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The other half say that if aggression isn't learned behaviour, neutering will improve the chances of peace and concord. Telegraph, Pet Subjects, Pete Wedderburn, 16 February 2008   anarchy [ AN-er-kee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. political disorder and confusion 2. a state where society exists without law or government 3. chaos   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Anarchy prevailed throughout the land as there was no one strong enough to form a government.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If the government persists with a very unpopular American policy of fighting terrorism there could be anarchy and destabilisation. The Telegraph, Pakistan: Imran Khan warns of anarchy, Nick Meo, 23 August 2008.   ravel [ RAV-uh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to entangle 2. (tr. v.) to knot 3. (intr. v.) to become confused 2. (intr. v.) to tangle or become entangled (of threads)< 3. (n.) a complication or a tangle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mystery was ravelled by the author so that the truth was obscure up to the end of the novel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There are so many questions which ravel this subject in to an incomprehensible ball. BBC, The great hunting debate, 18 February 2005.   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. Principe
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