TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-May-12

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	28-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sportive [ SPAWR-tiv, SPOHR- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. frolicsome, playful or merry 2. pertaining to or of sports 3. (archaic.) wanton, amorous or ardent 4. (biology) mutative   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   People did not take him seriously because of his sportive attitude.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A senior graduate of School of Arts and Sciences at the LUMS, Kehkashan Beenish Khan remarked, "We have this `Daku Day' wherein seniors dressed as dacoits try to steal foodstuff or cash that the juniors may be having in a sportive manner." The Times of India, A new high on Indo-Pak front, Amit Kr Chanda, TNN, 16 Aug 2004   manacle [ MAN-uh'-kuh' l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) fetters, handcuff or shackle to confine the hands 2. (n.) a restraint, limitation or curb 3. (tr.v.) to fetter or handcuff 4. (tr.v) to hamper, bind or restrain   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Manacles were placed on his hands and feet in order to restrict movement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tory project leaders have made it clear the convicts, who roamed freely and were not manacled, were separate to their project teams. Telegraph, Tory Rwandan project given President's backing, By Andrew Porter Political Editor in Kigali, 08 Aug 2008   libel [ LAHY-buh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. slander in any form other than by speech and actions 2. the act of publishing defamatory material 3. the written statement of a plaintiff in a legal matter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He sued the rich businessman for libel after the businessman made a statement against him in an interview.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   L'Unita is the fourth newspaper to be sued for libel by the billionaire prime minister. The Telegraph, Berlusconi to give evidence in court against impotency claims, Nick Squires, 6 September 2009   botch [ boch ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to spoil by bad workmanship 2. (tr. v.) to bungle or perform clumsily 3. (n.) an eruption on the skin 4. (n.) a piece of work that is ruined or defective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In his eagerness to do more work than the other apprentices he botched the project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clinton met with representatives from other world powers Wednesday in London to discuss ways to help Yemen improve its economic situation and fight terrorism in the wake of a botched attack on a U.S. airliner. CNN, Clinton presses Yemen to move on key reforms, Elise Labott and Jill Dougherty, 27 January 2010.   wanderlust [ WON-der-luh'st ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a very strong desire to travel 2. the urge to rove about 3. an irresistible impulse to travel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She said that if she won the lottery, she would give vent to her wanderlust and explore the farthest reaches of the earth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An 83-year-old cyclist who cannot control his wanderlust is about to set off on a gruelling journey to Russia. BBC, Octogenarian hits the road again, 8 August 2003.   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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