TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 30-Aug-12

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	30-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists effete [ i-FEET ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. infertile; sterile; unable to produce 2. depleted of all vitality, effectiveness, or strength 3. characterised by decadence, self-indulgence or triviality 3. over refined; soft due to a pampered upbringing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The actor's effete ways irked the audience.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The figure of Satan appears as a very effete character throughout the film, but not everybody will understand that. BBC, The Passion Of The Christ   habeas corpus [ HEY-bee-uh' s KAWR-puh' s ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   an order that may be issued to bring a person into a court or before a judge, especially to release the person from unlawful restraint   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The proposed anti terrorism law, POTA- which seeks to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases- will, if enacted, set a dangerous precedent for Indian jurisprudence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. The Constitution of the United States (Article 1, Section 9)   ineluctable [ in-i-LUHK-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   cannot be avoided or evaded; inevitable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was perhaps his ineluctable destiny that he would one day fall off his horse and become a paraplegic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Will's style is simply to announce, as ineluctable facts, things principled conservatives don't like, with the unspoken counsel, "So, get over it, children." Chronicles Magazine, Was George Will Wrong?, by Joe Sobran   largesse [ lahr-JES, LAHR-jis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. generosity in bestowing gifts 2. generosity of spirit or attitude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The poor in India often depend on government largesse for their survival.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Against that backdrop of government largesse, the Federal Reserve's decision to extend a $300 billion line of credit to Fannie and Freddie on "discount" terms and the earlier $29 billion loan to facilitate the sale of Bear Stearns to J.P. Morgan Chase, should hardly come as a surprise. Chicago Tribune, Subsidizing failures has had success, By Gerald D. Skoning, July 15, 2008   concomitant [ kon-KOM-i-tuh' nt, kuh' n- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   occurring or accompanying with something else esp. in a subordinate way; following an event or thing as a consequence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The economic recession is so severe that even with a concomitant drop in fuel prices, consumer spending remains low.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The dollar has fallen so far that, even with the concomitant rise in fuel costs, American manufactured goods look cheap to customers in Europe. Chronicles Magazine, What's Good for Rockford Acromatics, by Scott P. Richert   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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