TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Jun-13

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	29-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists crestfallen [ KREST-faw-luh' n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. depressed, dejected or chagrined 2. having a drooping or slumped head or crest   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her crestfallen appearance indicated that they had lost the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Why are we getting so crestfallen about our lack of medals. Sir Croupier says BBC, Olympics day six as it happened, by Caroline Cheese, 14 August 2008   debonair [ deb-uh-NAIR ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. suave, sophisticated, elegant or urbane 2. genial, sprightly or jaunty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was well known because of his debonair personality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Dashing Spaniard Javier Bardem, sporting a debonair beard, picked up best supporting actor for his portrayal of sinister hitman Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. BBC, Night of stars and absent friends, by Liam Allen, 11 February 2008   agnostic [ ag-NOS-tik ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who believes it is impossible to know whether there is a God 2. (n.) one who is doubtful or noncommittal about ultimate knowledge in some area of study 3. (adj.) pertaining to agnostics 4. (adj.) doubtful and uncertain of all claims to knowledge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Agnostics form a minor percentage of the world population.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Darwin himself quietly renounced Christianity during his middle age, and later described himself as an agnostic. National Geographic, Was Darwin Wrong?, By David Quammen   angst [ ahngkst ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a feeling of dread, anxiety or apprehension   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Feelings of angst are a common occurrence during teenage years.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cup competitions have been a particular source of angst to the Rangers attacker. The Herald, Naismith hopes for change of fortunes in cup competition, DARRYL BROADFOOT, Chief Football Writer, January 27 2009   cordon [ KAWR-dn ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a line of troops, police or military personnel that are guarding or enclosing an area 2. (n.) an ornamental braid or cord 3. (n.) a ribbon representing honorary or knightly order that is worn proudly diagonally across the breast 4. (tr.v.) to enclose, surround or encircle with a cordon to restrict movement in and out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A huge police cordon was sent to guard the priceless art on display at the museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Many people were pleading with police to allow them out of the cordon as they were trapped between two lines of officers. Telegraph, Gaza protesters clash with police in London, by David Barrett, 11 Jan 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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