TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-May-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 01-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sequester [ si-KWES-ter ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to separate or segregate 2. (tr.v.) to withdraw or remove 3. (law) to confiscate or take possession of temporarily 4. (intr.v.) to undergo separation or sequestration USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : She was sequestered from her friends as a part of her punishment. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The country is not awash with petrodollars because the state taxes its energy earnings heavily, and sequesters its dollar takings in its central-bank reserves and its Stabilisation Fund. The Economist, A taxonomy of trouble, Oct 23rd 2008 ...