TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 06-May-13

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	06-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demeanour [ di-MEE-ner ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. behaviour, bearing or conduct 2. facial expression   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His demeanour was appreciated by his superior.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I can see from your demeanour you are afraid of custody. Sheriff Liddle told Steven Finlayson. Telegraph, SNP plans to scrap prison sentences under six months condemned by sheriff, by Auslan Cramb, 23 Jan 2009   amiss [ uh'-MIS ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) out of order, faulty, improper or imperfect 2. (adv.) wrongly, faultily, imperfectly or in a mistaken manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The amiss setting of the cutlery angered her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were ample warnings that something was amiss, a long time before the banks collapsed. BBC, Waking up to reality in Iceland, By Jon Danielsson, 26 January 2009   endemic [ en-DEM-ik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) native or prevalent in a particular region 2. (adj.) confined or restricted to a particular region 3. (n.) an endemic animal or plant 4. (n.) an endemic disease   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Swine flu is no longer an endemic concern.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bullying and violence are endemic at Parkhurst jail and it is in many ways a "failing prison", chief inspector of prisons Dame Anne Owers has said. BBC, 'Violence rife at failing' prison, By Dominic Casciani BBC News, 20 May 2009   parable [ PAR-uh'-buh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a simple story illustrating a moral or religious teaching 2. a short story designed to illustrate or teach some religious principle or moral lesson   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the olden days, parables were used to teach the people the difference between right and wrong.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sport has always been a parable for life. The Telegraph, The likes of Flavio Briatore need to win too much, Kevin Garside, 17 September 2009.   cloister [ KLOI-ster ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a place of religious shelter 2. (n.) a covered walk leading onto a courtyard 3. (n.) any quiet or isolated place 4. (tr. v.) to convert into a monastery or convent 5. (tr. v.) to provide a cloister or covered walk 6. (tr. v.) to confine to a convent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They suspected a lost cloister between the hall and chapel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The old lecture halls around the central cloister, where many of Spain's Golden Age heroes studied, are open to the public. CNN, Spain's Salamanca sings, Rick Steves, 23 May 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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