TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-May-12

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	09-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sordid [ SAWR-did ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. vile, ignoble or morally degraded 2. selfish, mercenary or grasping 3. unclean, filthy or dirty 4. squalid, sleazy, wretched or seedy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a sordid story which appalled everyone who heard it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems that this gives her solace in the sordid and heartless world of Scottish politics. The Herald, Divine madness of faith deciding laws of the land, IAIN MacWHIRTER, February 11 2008   incapacitate [ in-kuh'-PAS-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to disable or deprive of capacity or strength 2. to disqualify or legally render unfit or ineligible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incapacitated because of his injury and could not fight in the war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The discovery of chloroform, a chemical compound that can be used to incapacitate crime victims, is a piece of evidence prosecutors will use in building the case of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony. CNN, Lab results: Chloroform in Casey Anthony's trunk, September 4, 2008   writ [ rit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an order issued in writing in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer ordering the one to whom it is directed to refrain from performing or to perform an act that is specified therein 2. a document or writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A libel writ was issued against the magazine for publishing unauthorised content.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the past year, the court services bureau says it has been tasked every day with serving nearly 800 ``writs'' -- orders from judges for everything from subpoenas to summons to evictions. The Herald, Miami-Dade detectives forced to fill staffing gaps, serve court orders, 30 August 2009   elliptical [ i-LIP-ti-kuh'l  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) oval in shape or pertaining to an oval 2. (adj.) expressed briefly or without irrelevant matter 3. (adj.) tending to be obscure, ambiguous or cryptic while speaking or writing 4. (n.) a type of galaxy in the shape of a spheroid rather than a disk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the members voiced their preference for an elliptical swimming pool rather than a circular one.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Compared to the Solar System, most extrasolar systems look odd, with planets in very small or very elliptical orbits. The telegraph, Discovery of new planets raises hopes of other life in universe, 14 December 2009.   debilitate [ dih-BIL-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make feeble or weak 2. to drain the energy or strength of 3. to enervate or to weaken   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The patient was severely debilitated after surviving a coma which lasted for three days.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They would be debilitated from lack of food or inadequate food and barely adequate water, and very badly burnt and blistered by the sun and the wind. BBC, Burmese men's survival tale doubt, 21 Jan 2009.   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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