TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-May-12

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	08-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists somnolent [ SOM-nuh'-luh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. sleepy, dozy or drowsy likely to induce drowsiness or sleep   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her somnolent behaviour made everyone think she was drunk.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   George Bush, by contrast, appeared tentative, if not somnolent: unsure of himself and the issues. CNN, Bill Press: Gore finally hits his stride, By Bill Press/CNN   heedless [ HEED-lis ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   inconsiderate, unmindful, thoughtless or careless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His heedless actions came back to haunt him in the future.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The shoes... were a lesson to all Arab leaders and their representatives, who have been heedless of the Arab masses, their demands and sentiments. BBC, Mid-East press deplores Maher attack, 23 December, 2003   introspection [ in-truh'-SPEK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n) the act of examining one's conscience   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indulgent parents gifted him with a Ferrari.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was a strong mood of support for the Prime Minister in the Parliamentary Labour Party and of an overwhelming desire to end the period of introspection. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown's new cabinet meets as he agrees to be 'more collegiate', John Bingham, 9 June 2009   destitute [ DES-ti-toot ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having no means of subsistence or lacking food, shelter and clothing 2. (adj.) deprived of 3. (adj.) impoverished or penniless 4. (tr.v.) to leave destitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has set up shelters where volunteers take care of destitute people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Two centuries after independence, however, Haiti is the battered pauper of the Americas and unimaginably destitute after the earthquake. Telegraph, Haiti: enslaved by its dark history , By Ian Thomson, 14 Jan 2010   libretto [ li-BRET-oh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the words of an opera or similar extended musical work 2. a book or booklet containing the text of an opera or musical composition 3. the text of an opera or a dramatic musical composition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ballet was enjoyable, but the recital of its libretto was indistinct and barely discernable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   New York's Metropolitan Opera has turned down an opera by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright because he wrote it in French and refused to translate the libretto into English. The Telegraph, Metropolitan Opera shuns Rufus Wainwright's French libretto, Henry Samuel, 2 September 2008.   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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