TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-May-13

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	08-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists luculent [  LOO-kyoo'-luh'-nt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. plain and understandable 2. persuasive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His luculent oratory skills were appreciated by one and all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Theodoric is one of the most luculent testimonies for that blending of fact and fancy in strictly historical times which people find it so difficult to believe, but which offers the key, and the only true key, for many of the most perplexing problems, both of history and of mythology. Northvegr Foundation, The Roman and the Teuton, Charles Kingsley   discerning [ di-SUR-ning ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. showing outstanding judgment ability 2. displaying ability to recognize as distinct or different 3. good understanding skill   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The principal had a way of discerning which students were not telling the truth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The SNI approach proved 90% accurate in discerning which subjects had post-traumatic stress disorder. BBC, Magnetic activity in brain 'diagnoses stress disorder', Jason Palmer, 21 January 2010.   spangle [ SPANG-guh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small circular piece of glittering metal or other material 2. (n.) any small, bright drop, spot, or the like 3. (tr. v.) to stud or sprinkle with small, bright pieces 4. (intr. v.) to sparkle or glitter like decorative spots   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The room looked bright due to the sparkle and spangle of her evening gown.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He was uncharacteristically dressed down in jeans and hooded top with just a hint of spangle. BBC, Erasure at the Lowry – 7/10, 16 April 2006.   amorphous [ uh'-MAWR-fuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having no definite form or specific shape 2. of no particular type   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everything had burned to the ground and all that was left was some amorphous objects in the ashes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's a rather amorphous discussion, in which the politicians can raise almost anything which takes their fancy. BBC, Keeping Craigavon Safe, Mark Devenport, 16 June 2009.   summation [ suh-MEY-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a review of previously stated facts or a recapitulation of what happened 2. the final arguments by both opposing lawyers before the jury passes a decision on a case 3. a total or aggregate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The defence lawyer's summation was so convincing that the jury could not reach a consensus for a verdict of "guilty."   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His remarks are a neat summation of the pressures and temptations that lead politicians to shift their positions during the process of running for office. BBC, US candidates practise their U-turns, Max Deveson, 5 July 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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