TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Mar-12

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	19-Mar-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quiescent [ kwee-ES-uh' nt, kwahy- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. inactive, motionless or quiet 2. not showing symptoms or causing any trouble   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a quiescent child who loved to daydream.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the 662-mile-wide (1,066-kilometer-wide) moon hasn't always been quiescent. Billions of years ago tectonic forces produced an enormous rift similar to the East African Rift Valley on Earth, Nimmo said. National Geographic, Icy Moon Tethys Had Ancient Underground Ocean, Richard A. Lovett, March 24, 2008   facet [ FAS-it ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small, polished plane surface esp. of a cut gem 2. (n.) a phase, aspect or side 3. (tr.v.) to make or cut facets on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Every facet of the diamond was glittering and eye catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The plan has a number of facets benefiting the bank and the government. CNN, RBS posts record $34 billion loss, February 27, 2009   heinous [ hey-nuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   hateful, totally reprehensible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The judge said that such a heinous act required a death sentence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Composite dialogue cannot begin unless and until terrorist heads which shook Mumbai are properly accounted for, [and] perpetrators of these heinous crimes are brought to book." BBC, India puts Pakistan talks on hold, 16 July 2009   consign [ kuh'n-SAHYN ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to entrust or to hand over into the care of someone 2. (tr. v.) to deliver 3. (tr. v.) to assign or set apart for a special purpose 4. (intr. v.) to submit or agree to 5. (intr. v.) to assent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sealed envelope containing the examination questions was consigned to the class teacher.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Thousands of people joined world leaders in the German capital Monday to remember the night 20 years ago when a euphoric wave of people power swept away the Berlin Wall and consigned the Cold War to history. CNN, Berlin celebrates night that changed world, 9 November 2009.   susceptible [ suh'-SEP-tuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. capable of a specified treatment 2. subject to or capable of being emotionally affected 3. impressionable or highly sensitive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was susceptible to airborne diseases because of her weak constitution.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Some critics of the forestry and carbon offset schemes suggest that because voluntary markets are unregulated, such projects also are susceptible to fraud. CNN, Can forests thrive in the world of carbon trading? Lara Farrar, 26 April 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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