TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Jul-13

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	03-Jul-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ex officio [ EKS uh'-FISH-ee-oh ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   (both the adjective and adverb forms mean the same) by means or virtue of one's position or office   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As ex officio president of the BCCI, he commanded respect.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While cultivating the foreign minister he scored a coup, as ex officio president of the British Club in Lisbon, by obtaining the resignation of two Rhodesian members after the rebel colony declared itself a republic. Telegraph, Sir Anthony Lambert, 05 Jun 2007   factotum [ fak-TOH-tuh' m ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a general servant, handyman or assistant 2. a person or official hired to handle varied responsibilities   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A factotum truly understands the value of multitasking.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I wish he wouldn't do this, sighed Bob Rule, his mozo de espada - an official bullfighting factotum - as he watched Mr Evans training. Telegraph, British pensioner bullfighter makes comeback in Spain after quadruple heart bypass, By Fiona Govan in Osuna, 14 Aug 2008   educe [ i-DOOS, i-DYOOS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to elicit, develop, evoke or draw forth 2. to deduce, conclude or infer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She could educe tears at will.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   These snippets do not include infinite foiled attacks or successful terrorist activity before 1998 and are meant to just educe an imagery of the dance of death that has overtaken delhi. The Times of India, Delhi: The Most Endangered City, 14 Dec 2001   accouter [ uh'-KOO-ter ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   to equip furnish or outfit esp. with military ammunition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The property was accoutered with a variety of celebrity paraphernalia.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One look around neighboring Teton Mountain Lodge and you know that DesLauriers used his experience as a world ski traveler to accouter the place. CNN, Where Now: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, By Chris Solomon, March 19, 2004   emblazon [ em-BLEY-zuh' n ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to adorn, decorate or inscribe with prominent or heraldic bearings 2. to decorate or display with brilliant or bright colours 3. to extol, celebrate, praise or make illustrious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The entrance to the castle was emblazoned by the royal coat of arms.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Residents in Seattle, Washington, the birthplace of Starbucks, can now see approximately 140 McDonald's billboards emblazoned with "large is the new grande" or "four bucks is dumb." CNN, Coffee war brews between McDonald's, Starbucks, From Aurore Ankarcrona, December 12, 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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