TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 17-Feb-12

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	17-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists paltry [ PAWL-tree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   worthless, measly, trivial or inferior   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His income was a paltry sum, insufficient to meet his monthly needs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr McCain, most notably, has suggested suspending America's relatively paltry tax on fuel to make life easier for motorists. Economist, Greener than thou, Oct 2nd 2008   elegiac [ el-i-JAHY-uh' k, -ak, i-LEE-jee-ak ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) resembling, pertaining to or suitable for an elegy 2. (adj.) expressing lamentation or sadness 3. (adj.) consisting, comprising or written in elegiac couplets 4. (n.) a couplet or distich that is elegiac in nature 5. (n.) a poem that comprises elegiac verses   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The elegiac nature of the ballad touched the hearts of millions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The novel changes midway from an elegiac tale of love and loss to a political thriller. Telegraph, On the road to Guantanamo Bay, By Charlotte Moore, 03 Mar 2009   xylophone [ ZAHY-luh'-fohn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a percussion instrument consisting of wooden bars sounded by striking with small mallets   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He chose to play the xylophone as it was the easiest musical instrument to learn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The child is required to imitate eight sequences of notes tapped by the tester on a four-key xylophone. University of Oxford, The Structure of Language Abilities at 4 Years: A Twin Study, 4 April 2002   mortician [ mawr-TISH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an undertaker or a person who operates a funeral parlour 2. a person who makes the arrangements for the burial of the dead   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When their grandfather passed away, they engaged the best mortician in the state to conduct the funeral.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A mortician has appeared in court accused of stealing skeletons. BBC, Mortician denies stealing skeletons, 21 August 2002.   leniency [ LEE-nee-uhn-see, LEEN-yuhn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality or state of being merciful 2. the act of not being too harsh or strict 3. the act of tolerating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The judge said that their plea for leniency would be taken into consideration.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Robert Bryan, Denton's defence barrister, had earlier urged leniency in sentencing, saying his client would have to resign from the police and had split from his wife because of the stress of the trial. The Telegraph, Special constable jailed for three years over pedestrian death, Ben Leach, 2 May 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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