TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Jan-13

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	09-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists impunity [ im-PYOO-ni-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, loss or penalty 2. immunity to the repercussions of an action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Diplomats have various advantages over common people, impunity being the foremost.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The group called it a "positive, but still insufficient, step in the fight against impunity" in the country, and said "many others -- numbering perhaps in the several hundreds -- must be investigated in Sierra Leone." CNN, Sierra Leone rebel leaders found guilty, February 25, 2009   strident [ STRAHYD-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (of sound) harsh, shrill, creaking or grating 2. having an irritating or shrill characteristic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The strident tone of the bells announced that the guests had arrived.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 'World-is-my-Oyster Mr Arrogant' whose tone is strident, booming, with emphasis and pauses in all the right places, is insufferable too. The Times of India, O-zone: Are you freaking fantastic?, 30 Nov 2008   thwart [ thwawrt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to block, hinder, obstruct or prevent an untoward incident from taking place 2. (tr.v.) to pass across or extend 3. (adj.) transverse or oblique 4. (adj.) perverse or wrong 5. (n.) a seat that extends across a boat for the rower to sit on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was thwarted by the allied forces.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Everton thwarted Tottenham by winning the midfield battle but it is up front where they are today counting the cost. Telegraph, Everton victory overshadowed by Aiyegbeni Yakubu's season-ending Achilles injury, By Oliver Brown at White Hart Lane, 30 Nov 2008   turbid [ TUR-bid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. muddy, obscured or lacking clarity due to particles suspended in it 2. dark, thick or dense 3. disturbed, perplexed or confused   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The turbid water of the river was undisturbed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Madagascar kingfishers perch quietly on branches hanging low over the turbid waters. National Geographic, Madagascar mangroves (AT1404)   tepid [ TEP-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lukewarm or barely warm 2. half-hearted or devoid of enthusiasm, zeal or passion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tepid tea was sent back to the kitchen to be reheated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US economy managed to grow at the tepid rate of 1.6% during the first three months of the year. BBC, Sluggish growth for US economy, 25 April, 2003   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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