TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-May-13

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	28-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ramshackle [ RAM-shak-uh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   rickety, shaky, dilapidated or in a loosely held condition or state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ramshackle hut was dangerous to live in.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The ramshackle building, known as Uncle Monty's Cottage in the cult movie, still contains many of the original features used during filming. BBC, Farmhouse from cult film for sale, 19 January 2009   retinue [ RET-n-oo, -yoo ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a group of attendants or followers accompanying a high-ranking or important person   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His retinue followed him in a separate car.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hatton has added Liam and Noel to his big-fight retinue. Telegraph, Ricky Hatton packs a powerful punchline on stage, By Kevin Garside Chief Sports Writer, 16 Jan 2009   nuptial [ NUHP-shuh' l, -chuh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) of, related to or pertaining to marriage or a wedding 2. (adj.) pertaining to or of the mating or breeding season 3. (n.) a marriage or wedding ceremony   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The nuptial decorations were beautiful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Couples from both the communities tied the nuptial knot under a pandal in this first of its kind event. The Times of India, Nuptial knots for peace, 25 May 2006   peculation [ PEK-yuh'-leyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to embezzle, steal or take away dishonestly 2. (intr.v.) to steal, rob or embezzle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He peculated the funds into an off-shore account.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the course of the proceedings, James Madison stated that some provision was needed to defend the community against the president if he became corrupt, incapacitated, or perverted his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression. CNN, Transcript: House manager Canady's statement on constitutional law, January 16, 1999   plangent [ PLAN-juh' nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. resonant, resounding or reverberant 2. sad, gloomy, mournful or plaintive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The plangent sound was heard a mile away.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In view of Berry's plangent complaints that market capitalism destroys human beings, it is more than a little ironic that Berry is himself a tobacco farmer. Chroninles Magazine, The Crunchy-Con Menace, by Jerry Salyer, October 2nd, 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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