TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 23-May-12

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	23-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists rostrum [ ROS-truh 'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a dais, stage or platform that is used for public speaking 2. a beak-like, curved prow of an ancient roman ship 3. (biology)a protrusion or extension that is curved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rostrum was checked by the security personnel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You're on the rostrum so it's not the end of the world but you're one position away from greatness. BBC, The art of coming second, By Tom Geoghegan, 22 October 2007   maim [ meym ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to impair or render defective 2. (tr.v.) to mutilate, injure or batter 3. (n.) an injury or impairment 4. (n.) defect or blemish   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prototype was maimed as the quality assurance tests completely failed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Marine charity The Sea Trust says fast moving boats passing through environmentally sensitive areas could kill or maim dolphins and other wildlife. BBC, Boat race fuels ecology argument, By Nick Parry BBC Wales, 23 June 2008   inferno [ in-FUR-noh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an intense fire 2. hell like   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inferno burnt away all their precious belongings and memories.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The inferno is the worst since a swathe of 2007 wildfires that claimed 77 lives around the country. The Telegraph, Greece wildfires: firefighters battle to save homes in Athens, 24 August 2009.   culpable [ KUHL-puh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. deserving censure 2. blameworthy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His lawyer's argument that he had not realize his act could be construed as a crime did not save him from the charge of culpable ignorance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those culpable for the fraud should not only be sacked - they need to be prosecuted and put behind bars. BBC, US suspends Kenya school funding, 26 January 2010   gazette [ guh'-ZET ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) any newspaper 2. (n.) an official government journal 3. (tr. v.) to publish in the official government journal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bankruptcy of his company was announced in the gazette.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Looks like another member of the Walford community has been appealing to the Gazette's problem page for help. BBC, Look what we found in the Walford Gazette... again! 4 May 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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