TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-May-12

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	19-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sporadic [ spuh'-RAD-ik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. occurring intermittently or at regular intervals of time 2. isolated, unique or scattered   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sporadic beep failed to wake her up.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There will be some serious disasters to U.S. forces in the midst of sporadic mutinies and command breakdowns. Chronicles Magazine, Nostradamus I'm Not, by Clyde N. Wilson   mete [ meet ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to dole out, apportion or distribute 2. (tr.v.) (archaic) to measure 3. (n.) boundary, edge or limit   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Punishment should be meted out at the earliest.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Treasury's spending data could monitor government spending and mete out acute political embarrassment if a government was living beyond its means. Telegraph, Fiscal checks on government could be a vote winner, 27 Feb 2009   luminary [ LOO-muh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) natural objects in the sky 2. (n.) an object that emits light 3. (n.) a person who has achieved superiority 4. (n.) a person acts as a motivation to others 5. (adj.) pertaining to light   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The luminary glimmered in the dark night sky.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 60-page report, "A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover," made its sweeping recommendations following five months of hearings from thousands of people including space luminaries, science fiction writers and citizens. CNN, White House receives space vision report, Michael Coren, 16 June 2004   fallow [ FAL-oh ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj. ) plowed and left uncultivated 2. (adj.) inactive or not in use 3. (adj.) pale yellow or light brown 4. (n.) the act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded 5. (tr. v.) to plough and leave the land unseeded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fallow field was the farmer's way of ensuring that it would become fertile the following season.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mohseni, who started the country's top television network, Tolo TV, said he's just trying to revive Afghan culture after the fallow Taliban era when music and television were banned. CNN, Fight for future of Afghanistan's culture plays out on TV, Andrew Tkach, 6 August 2009.   malapropos [ mal-ap-ruh'-POH ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) out of place or inappropriate 2. (adj.) inopportune or untimely 3. (adv.) inappropriately or inopportunely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The student was summoned to the principal's office because of his malapropos behaviour in class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is a widespread problem that malapropos institutions and inferior process can't be replaced in time in the course of an organization's running. Study on Terminator Community of Management Innovation, ZHAO Xinan, FAN Furong   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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