TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 30-May-13

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	30-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists politic [ POL-i-tik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. shrewd, tactful, diplomatic or prudent 2. crafty, unscrupulous or cunning 3. judicious, expedient or contriving   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was a politic lady who knew how to pick her battles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Scott fielded flak from some quarters for turning Somalis into cannon fodder in "Black Hawk Down," but steered a more politic course in "Kingdom of Heaven." CNN, Review: 'Body of Lies' flat, October 12, 2008   potable [ POH-tuh'-buh' l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. one that is fit or healthy to be drunk or consumed 2. one that can be drunk; a beverage (esp. alcoholic)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a lack of potable drinking water.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A well is bored thousands of feet beneath potable water supplies before branching out horizontally. acbNEWS, Hunt for Gas Lead Drillers to NYC Watershed, by ERNEST SCHEYDER, December 12, 2008   indenture [ in-DEN-cher ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a written contract, deed or agreement with two or copies having indentations 2. (n.) a contract or agreement that binds an apprentice 3. (n.) a certificate or list that is authenticated to be used as a voucher 4. (tr.v.) to bind by a contract or indenture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The indenture will have to be presented in court.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This student career (from 1802) was a form of apprenticeship or artistic indenture. BBC, Local heroes: Peter De Wint, by Chris Brookes (website contributor)   sophist [ SOF-ist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a philosopher, thinker or scholar 2. one who is skilled at reasoning or arguing adroitly or speciously 3. a teacher or philosopher in ancient greece who reasoned out or argued or speculated on theology, metaphysics, and the sciences   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He considered himself to be a sophist.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The reduction of the manpower in infantry battalions has been justified by the budgetary sophists in a number of ways. Telegraph, Infantry losses hit harder than figures suggest, By Simon Barry, 17 Jul 2007   Tundra [ TUHN-druh', TOO'N- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a treeless region that falls between the icecap and tree line of the arctic regions and has an eternally frozen subsoil and sustains low-growing vegetation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Tundra has a harsh, cold climate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Snow flies in your face as furry friends pull you across the isolated tundra. CNN, Mush! Five places to go dog sledding, By Jacque Wilson, January 13, 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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