TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 17-Feb-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 17-Feb-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists paltry [ PAWL-tree ] [ adjective ] MEANING : worthless, measly, trivial or inferior USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : His income was a paltry sum, insufficient to meet his monthly needs. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Mr McCain, most notably, has suggested suspending America's relatively paltry tax on fuel to make life easier for motorists. Economist, Greener than thou, Oct 2nd 2008 elegiac [ el-i-JAHY-uh' k, -ak, i-LEE-jee-ak ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) resembling, pertaining to or suitable for an elegy 2. (adj.) expressing lamentation or sadness 3. (adj.) consisting, comprising or written in elegiac couplets 4. (n.) a couplet or distich that is elegiac in nature