TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-Dec-12

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	08-Dec-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists misnomer [ mis-NOH-mer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. naming a person or thing erroneously 2. an unsuitable or inappropriate name or identification   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The name Black box, given to the flight data recorder of an aircraft is in fact a misnomer because it is neither a box nor is it black in colour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Black Box, the Edinburgh International Film Festival's strand devoted to experimental moving images, operates under something of a misnomer. The Herald, Where things aren't just black and white, JACK MOTTRAM, August 24 2007   garnish [ GAHR-nish ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to adorn, embellish or decorate 2. (tr.v.) to embellish food or drink by adding something that enhances its flavour or colour 3. (tr.v.) (law) to garnishee 4. (n.) decoration or embellishment 5. (n.) an embellishment added to enhance the flavour or colour of food or drink   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The food was garnished with a variety of spices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cement dust had been blasted all over the kitchen, where sideplates of soft cheese lay uneaten but garnished with fragments of plaster. Telegraph, Rockets from Lebanon strike an Israeli old people's home, By Tim Butcher in Nahariyya, 08 Jan 2009   microcosm [ MAHY-kruh'-koz-uh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a miniature of the world or universe 2. a human or society that can be considered as an epitome of the universe or world   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They built a microcosm as part of their science project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The game's opening stage is something of a microcosm of the whole game. Telegraph, Gears Of War 2 video game review, by Tom Hoggins, 19 Nov 2008   prognosis [ prog-NOH-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. diagnosis or forecast of what the probable outcome, especially that of a disease, may be 2. prophecy or prediction   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prognosis was good and a complete recovery was predicted.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With more global warming in store, researchers said, the prognosis is grim for the Arctic's so-called perennial sea ice, which is the ice that survives through the summer. National Geographic, Warming Oceans Contributed to Record Arctic Melt, Mason Inman, December 14, 2007   mala fide [ MAH-lah FEE-de; Eng. MEY-luh' FAHY-dee ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   in bad faith; false   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Pakistan's mala fide intentions on the investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks is now clearly evident.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Weightlifter Monika Devi has termed the actions of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) as "unreasonable and mala fide" and alleged that she failed to go to Beijing Olympics because of the "deliberate lapse" on the part of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Telegraph Calcutta, India, Monika Devi: SAI action mala fide, August 29 , 2008   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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