TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Oct-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 22-Oct-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impertinent [ im-PUR-tn-uh' nt ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. insolent, disrespectful or brash 2. inappropriate or irrelevant USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The brash school boy received a clip on the ear for his impertinent remarks. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : That's the trouble: the millions of people who want to look at the pictures of Miss Middleton and engage in impertinent speculations about whether she will one day be Queen of England. Telegraph, A Royal fate, By Andrew Gimson, 11/01/2007 surmount [ ser-MOUNT ] [ transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. to exceed, overcome, conquer or prevail over 2. to rise to the top of 3. to furnish by placing something on top of USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : He had surm