TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Mar-13

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unfaltering [ uh'n-FAWL-ter-ing  ]
 adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. without wavering or hesitating
2. moving steadily
3. being steadfast
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 Although he was devastated by grief, he read the eulogy at his father's funeral with an unfaltering voice.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 She never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated.
BBC, In full: Harry's tribute to Diana, 31 August 2007.
 
tribulation [ trib-yuh'-LEY-shuh'n ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 1. (n.) serious trouble or suffering
2. (n.) distress or hardship
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The tribulations faced by the families of the freedom fighters are often not known.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 No one's immune to the trials and tribulations of life.
CNN, Vick pleads not guilty, 26 July 2007.
 
provenance [ PROV-uh'-nuh'ns ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 1. source or place of origin
2. the history of the ownership of an object or its records and authenticating documents
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The provenance of all the objects d'art at the gallery had been carefully maintained.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 I'm not a vegetarian, but I am extremely concerned about the provenance of the meat I eat - where it has come from and how it has been reared.
BBC, Lambing Live: I'd love to do it all again, Kate Humble, 16 March 2010.
 
bigotry [ BIG-uh-tree ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 1. obtuse or complete intolerance of any other race or religion
2. the attitude, beliefs, prejudices of a bigot
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The bigotry visible in his statements angered many people.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Perhaps we can overcome the difficult history of bigotry that scars this nation.
CNN, Colorado political leaders make American history, By Jim Spellman, January 7, 2009
 
discredit [ dis-KRED-it ]
 noun, transitive verb ]
 MEANING :
 1. (tr.v.) to disbelieve or deny credibility
2. (tr.v.) to disgrace or damage reputation
3. (n.) disgrace or damage to reputation
4. (n.) doubt or disbelief
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The government discredited the findings of the reporting agency.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 The U.S. government is taking advantage of these Westernized Iranians to create a basis for discrediting the Iranian election and the Iranian government.
Chronicles magazine, Are You Ready for War With Demonized Iran?, by Paul Craig Roberts, June 16th, 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. Principe
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