TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Jan-13

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	29-Jan-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists indefatigability [ in-di-FAT-i-guh'-buh'l-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of never being tired   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indefatigability made him his employer's favourite.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite Mr Obama's apparently insurmountable advantage in the delegate count and his opinion poll lead in Montana, the Clinton family is campaigning across the state with its trademark indefatigability and defiance before Tuesday's final votes. The Telegraph, Barack Obama turns his fire on John McCain ahead of final primaries, Philip Sherwell, 31 May 2008, accessed 28 August 2009.   paean [ PEE-uh' n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a song or hymn to thank or praise 2. a song sung in praise of a deity in ancient Greece   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   John Lennon's paean to his wife Yoko in the song, "Woman", is an all time classic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Indeed, "Carl Perkins' Cadillac"—Cooley's paean to the 1950's Memphis label Sun Records—contains more quotable phrases than any other song in recent memory. Chronicles magzine, Soundtrack to the New Old South, by Robert Lurie   pittance [ PIT-ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a scanty or meagre allowance or remuneration 2. a small monetary sum   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fact that government employees in this country receive a pittance as salaries is probably the likely cause for corruption in the bureaucracy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The long-suffering shareholders of Northern Rock will likely receive a pittance in compensation in the wake of Chancellor Alistair Darling's announcement yesterday that the beleaguered mortgage lender is to be taken into temporary public ownership. The Herald, Buy-out will have a knock-on effect for borrowers, MARK SMITH, Deputy Business Editor, February 18 2008   infallible [ in-FAL-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   perfect, unerring or reliable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pedant's observations were infallible just as his pedagogic skills were impeccable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There's a need to get their stall in order before demanding payments in this way, as it would appear the system is not infallible. BBC, Call for direct debit safeguards, 31 March 2007   infamous [ IN-fuh'-muh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. notorious or having an extremely bad reputation 2. detestable 3. an offense punishable by death, long imprisonment, or loss of civil rights   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The infamous sandalwood smuggler robbed not only from the rich but also from the poor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Campaigners say they have "grave concerns" after a north London student on remand in Greece was moved to an "infamous" maximum security prison. BBC, UK man in 'infamous' Greek prison, 2 December 2009.   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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