TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 24-May-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 24-May-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ruminate [ ROO-muh'-neyt ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to chew up repetitively like a cow does 2. (tr. v.) to ponder over a thought repetitively 3. (intr.v.) to chew cud repetitively like a cow 4. (intr.v.) to think over a matter repetitively USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : She often ruminated about her daily workload over a cup of tea. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : He never wrote another novel (one attempt, "Answered Prayers," was left unfinished) or enjoyed the same level of success -- and perhaps ruminated over all that until he died in 1984 from alcoholism and drug addiction. CNN, 'It wasn't easy being him', By Paul Clinton, October 12, 2005 ...