TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 18-May-13

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	18-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists loiter [ LOI-ter ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to dawdle or wander or idle away in an aimless manner 2. (intr.v.) to lag behind or proceed slowly 3. (tr.v.) to unnecessarily pass time or dawdle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was caught loitering and was asked to leave.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The park is also an important sanctuary for both black and white rhino - easily spotted resting beneath acacia trees while colonies of baboons loiter in the branches above. Telegraph, Kenya: Visit Lake Nakuru National Park and see over a million flamingos, 16 Jan 2009   morbid [ MAWR-bid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. excessively gloomy and susceptible to unwholesome and ill feelings and thoughts 2. pertaining to or suggestive of a disease 3. gruesome, ghastly, horrible or grisly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The morbid story was made into a movie.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Meet some of the M.O.s decide the powers that be at the War Office must have a morbid sense of humour to have put this lot together. Telegraph, Britain at War: Diaries from a wartime nurse, 13 Nov 2008   ornithology [ awr-nuh'-THOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a branch of zoology that is concerned with a study of birds   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He has taught ornithology for twenty years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bird experts at both the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology were at a loss to explain the benefits of nightingale droppings as a skin treatment. CNN, Try a placenta or bird poop facial, September 26, 2008   philology [ fi-LOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a literary study of words and texts 2. linguistics, etymology or lexicography   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was a student of philology.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tolkien's ability with languages inspired his studies in philology National Geographic, INFLUENCES ON THE LORD OF THE RINGS   latitude [ LAT-i-tood, -tyood ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the angular distance of a point on the surface of the earth, north or south from the equator, that is measured on the point's meridian 2. room or freedom from narrow restrictions, freedom of opinion, action or conduct   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The island was placed within temperate latitudes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that has the effect of keeping UK winters milder than they should be for somewhere at our latitude and moderates the intensity of any cold weather. BBC News, High pressure to blame for big freeze, 7 January 2009   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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