TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Apr-13

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	03-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dud [ duhd ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a misfit or failure 2. (n.) a missile or bomb that has failed to detonate or explode 3. (adj.) useless or worthless   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The prototype was a dud.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No one was at risk, said Kelly, the police commissioner, describing the explosive devices as duds created to dupe the suspects. CNN, Suspects in alleged New York bomb plot indicted, Susan Candiotti, 2 June 2009, accessed 9 July 2009   connivance [ kuh'-NAHY-vuh' ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. knowledge of and tacit consent to wrongdoing by another 2. the act of conniving   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her connivance to his act made her an accomplice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Abdallahi is the victim of a coup concocted by the army with the connivance of lawmakers in parliament. abcNews, Mauritania Leader Ousted After Political Feuding, By AHMED MOHAMED and TODD PITMAN Associated Press Writers, August 6, 2008 (AP)   effluvia [  i-FLOO-vee-uh'  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. exhaust or emanation of gas or vapour 2. aura   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Effluvia formed due to burning of plastic adds to the pollution in the city.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clear plastic sleeves keep recipes free from splatters of oil, drips of tomato sauce, and other kitchen effluvia. CNN, Create a recipe notebook, 5 February 2008, accessed 9 July 2009   ken [ ken ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) understanding 2. (n.) mental perception 3. (n.) range of sight 4. (intr. v.) to have knowledge of 5. (tr. v.) to know about or be acquainted with   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was beyond the ken of the simple village folks why anyone would want to destroy their crops.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Spinoza sought not to limit God to the attributes which come within the ken of man although he believed man's knowledge of God and the world to be true so far as it goes. Informations, Spinoza as educator, Rabenort, William Louis, b. 1870   malingerer [ muh'-LING-ger-uh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who pretends to be sick in order to avoid work 2. one who shirks responsibility by feigning illness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The malingerer was discharged from the hospital after the matron caught him dipping the thermometer in the hot tea.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That much was true - but far from being a cowardly, drink-soaked malingerer, Private Hook's posthumous supporters are insisting, he was a teetotal lay preacher and was given a bonus for good conduct shortly before his heroics. The Telegraph, Battle to restore 'Zulu' hero Henry Hook's reputation, Jon Swaine, 15 August 2008.   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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