TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 07-May-13

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	07-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists diabolical [ dahy-uh'-BOL-ik-kal  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. satanic or pertaining to the devil 2. outrageously cruel or wicked 3. fiendish or befitting a devil   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They feared that once the evil lords put their diabolical plan into action there would be no escape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The widow of a man who fell victim to a super-bug that has claimed 17 lives at a Norfolk hospital yesterday described his death as ""diabolical"". The Telegraph, Superbug death was 'diabolical', Laura Donnelly and Jasper Copping, 1 April 2007.   mellifluous [ muh'-LIF-loo-uh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having a sweet, smooth flow; pleasing to hear 2. sweetened, as if with honey   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her mellifluous voice made her a popular news anchor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Peter Shaffer, for example, will talk with a mellifluous fluency, Harold Pinter will talk in everyday conversation with a sometimes jerky hesitancy. BBC, Film & Drama, Ask Michael Billington   opprobrious [  uh'-PROH-bree-uh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) scurrilous, scornful or abusive 2. (adj.) infamous, shameful or disgraceful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The man's habit of using opprobrious words to describe all and sundry was detested by everyone.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For them the faithful have coined a new term, "global warming deniers", almost as opprobrious, it seems, as "Holocaust deniers". The Telegraph, End column, Peter Simple, 5 December 2003   collation [ kuh-ley-shuhn ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of collating 2. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume 3. a light meal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The collation of the documents was tedious work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The software played an important role in the process of data collation and decision making for projects of extremely large magnitude. The Times of India, Pune software firm powers Lockheed Martin, Manjiri Madhav Damle, 22 July 2004.   gesticulation [ je-stik-yuh-LEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of making signs 2. an animated or excited action 3. a deliberate, vigorous motion or sign   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her gesticulations indicated that she was getting very excited and irked by our inability to understand her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "The other thing that I specifically noticed was there was way too much hand movement, way too much gesticulation - you do not need it all," explained Mr Jeffries. BBC, Speaking lessons 'came too late', 29 October 2003.   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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