TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-May-13

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	22-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists improvident [ im-PROV-i-duh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unwary, incautious, rash or thriftless 2. imprudent, wasteful or lacking foresight   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His improvident actions resulted in disaster.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Its economic system was improvident. CNN, Tyrrell: Russia's 'evolution', June 8, 2006   iridescent [ ir-i-DES-uh' nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) colourful and lustrous like a rainbow 2. (n.) material or cloth that displays lustrous colours like a rainbow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The iridescent painting was eye-catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An elephant hawk-moth's beautiful deep pink wings, edged in iridescent green, would put even the brightest of butterflies to shame. BBC News, Nationwide moth hunt under way, By Helen Briggs, 17 July, 2005   palette [ PAL-it ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a flat and thin board that usually has a hole for the thumb and is used by artists and painters to mix pigments or colours 2. the range or set of colours that is used by a painter or an artist while painting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The palette was placed upon a side table within close range of the painter.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Using polarized light and 5 X magnification, David Walker of Britain was able to coax a wide palette of colors from the center of an ordinary CD case. National Geographic, PHOTOS: Best Microscopic Images of 2008 Announced   permeable [ PUR-mee-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   penetrable or capable of allowing things esp. liquids to pass through   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cell walls are permeable, allowing liquids to pass through.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Niven claims that the end product is more durable, more resistant to shrinking and cracking, and less permeable to water. abcNEWS, A Concrete Fix to Global Warming, by TYLER HAMILTON, July 24, 2008   lapidary [ LAP-i-der-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) or pertaining to the engraving, cutting or polishing of gems 2. (adj.) having such high precision and refinement that suggests stone cutting or engraving 3.(n.) one who polishes, cuts or engraves precious gems or stones 4. (n.) the art of engraving, polishing or cutting precious stones and gems   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lapidary artistes were in great demand.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As with other legislation, including the United States Constitution, it was left for later generations to explore and expand the lapidary meaning of the original text. National Geographic, Hallowed Ground: Nothing Is Ever Safe, By David Quammen, October 2006   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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