TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Apr-13

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	29-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists verbatim [ ver-BEY-tim ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in exactly the same words or word for word 2. (adj.) corresponding to the original text word for word 3. (adj.) skilled at recording with a word for word accuracy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Only the children who could recite the poem verbatim would receive full marks.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Goeglein said he has reached out to the author, Jeffery Hart, whose 1998 writings in the Dartmouth Review he copied nearly verbatim. CNN, White House aide admits plagiarism, resigns, Kathleen Koch, 1 March 2008.   maleficent [ muh'-LEF-uh'-suh'nt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. doing harm 2. evil or harmfully malicious 3. with evil intent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Humanity suffers because of the maleficent acts of wicked men.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The polemical theme of this new and substantial biography is that Mussolini was a great man much misunderstood, not maleficent but, on the contrary, a "very religious person" who was certainly not the cynical opportunist that many Anglo-Saxons presume. The Telegraph, Much misunderstood Mussolini, 2 July 2003.   mendacious [ men-DEY-shuh 's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. disposed to lying and dishonesty; untruthful 2. false; untrue   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The child's mendacious ways infuriated his parents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is not mendacious, Bernstein said. "It is a self-portrait as she would like to see herself, but it has very little to do with the full reality of her life." CNN, Bernstein dissects Hillary Clinton   crux [ kruhks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a decisive, or pivotal point 2. (n.) a puzzling difficulty 3. (n.) a cross   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   By the time he came to the crux of the matter, the audience had lost interest in his story.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tony Blair has set out his vision of a United Kingdom at the crux of world affairs. BBC, Blair: UK becoming a pivotal power, 23 November 1999.   despot [ DES-puh't, -pot  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a tyrant 2. one who wields power oppressively 3. a ruler with absolute power or a Byzantine emperor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The despot had put to death all those who dared to oppose him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A Zimbabwean opposition leader has hit out at President Robert Mugabe, calling him a "deranged despot" who is inciting violence in a bid to cling to power. BBC, Opposition lashes Mugabe, 9 April 2000.   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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