TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Feb-13

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	03-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists berserk [ ber-SURK ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) crazed or deranged 2. (adj.) violently disturbed or frenzied   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The young, berserk man was caught by the police before he could cause any harm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to a Xinhua report, the local farmer went berserk after the local police told him that the family house he had just built using 110,000 yuan (US$16,110) of family savings had to be torn down because it had been built on farmland, which is illegal in China. CNN, Execution does not stop Chinese knife attacks, Jaime FlorCruz, 3 May 2010.   slovenly [ SLUHV-uh' n-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) untidy, unkempt or bedraggled 2. (adj.) characteristic of or pertaining to a sloven or slipshod 3. (adv.) in a manner that reflects untidiness or shabbiness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He lost his job because of his slovenly dressing style.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Behind his slovenly, shambling flabbiness, he packs a vicious left hook. Chronicles Magazine, I Love My Mother, Sicko   sycophant [ SIK-uh'-fuh'nt, -fant, SAHY-kuh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. 2. a person who flatters influential people in order to win favour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king could trust no one as he was surrounded by sycophants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She should first rid herself of the sycophants surrounding her. The Times of India, 'People want Cong back, but it is not reciprocating', by S. Balakrishnan, June 15, 2003   indigence [ IN-di-juh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being in poverty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His wasteful lifestyle lead him to his current state of indigence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The hope was that a few would find their imagination sparked and would break away from the indigence into which they had been born. BBC, What slum children can teach us, Kaushik Basu, 19 January 2006, accessed 28 August 2009.   intangible [ in-TAN-juh'-buh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not able to perceive with the senses 2. (adj.) not clearly defined or unclear to the mind 3. (adj.) existing only in connection with something else- of an asset 4. (n.) something that cannot be realized or properly evaluated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He never did amount to much as his ideas and aspirations were intangible.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The term "love" is intangible but you have to feel it for yourself first in order to be able to share it with someone else. BBC, Love, Mark Taylor, 12 January 2010.   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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