TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Jan-13

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	02-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists limbo [ LIM-boh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are relegated 2. the abode which is neither heaven nor hell for unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls as those of infants or virtuous individuals 3. a midway state or place of confinement 4. dance in which the dancer bends backward and passes under a bar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was left in limbo by after she lost her job   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The result was better than some Labour members had feared, but it left Mr Brown in constitutional limbo as the Lib-Dems and Tories discussed power-sharing arrangements. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown to resign: highs and lows of his career in politics, 10 May 2010.   subliminal [ suhb-LIM-uh'-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. functioning or operating well below the threshold of consciousness 2. inadequate or insufficient to produce sensation or cause stimulus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There were accused of using subliminal messages on television to sell their products.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Two of the four private television stations have been put under investigation for misinformation, political propaganda, insertion of subliminal messages into children's movies and a host of other infractions. National Geographic, The Destruction of a Country, by Cathy Jensen de Sánchez, 02/04/2003   whet [ hwet, wet ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to hone or make sharp by grinding or rubbing 2. (tr.v.) to stimulate or make eager or keen 3. (n.) an instance or act of whetting 4. (n.) one that excites or stimulates   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He whetted his knife before hunting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With this match the champions have whetted the appetites of fans worldwide. BBC, Australia whet appetites, By Martin Gough, 25 January, 2003   apothegm [ AP-uh'-them ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a pithy or short saying that is instructive in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His stories are full of apothegms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The acquittal of Manu Sharma proves the apothegm, 'the rich and powerful can get away with murder.' The Times of India, Hometown shuns Manu, his nightclub, Jaspreet Nijher & Ankur Batra, TNN, 27 Feb 2006   psyche [ sahyk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to put into the right psychological frame of mind 2. (tr. v.) to intimidate or undermine the confidence of by using psychological means 3. (tr. v.) to anticipate a person's intentions 4. (intr. v.) to become mentally deranged 5. (n.) the mental or psychological make up of a person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost the game because his opponent psyched him into missing his shot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Comprising the army, air force and navy, the Israeli Defence Force, to give it its official name, has a fundamental place in the national psyche. BBC, Israel's army and national psyche, Martin Patience, 29 June 2006.   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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