TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Jul-13

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atelier [ AT-l-yey, at-l-YEY; Fr. Atuh*-LYEY ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 a workshop, workroom or studio esp. one that is used by a designer or artist
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 An atelier should be well lit with natural light.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 In 1955, with brothers Piero and Milan, Crommelynck founded his own atelier in the 14th arrondissement.
Telegraph, Aldo Crommelynck, 31 Jan 2009
 
begrudge [ bi-GRUHJ ]
 transitive verb ]
 MEANING :
 1. to feel envy, resentment or displeasure at another's possessions or good fortune
2. to concede allow or grant reluctantly
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 He begrudged the Patels their wealth.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Wallace, a generous-spirited man, comfortable with his own strengths and limits, didn't begrudge that.
National Geographic, Alfred Russel Wallace, by David Quammen, December 2008
 
bogus [ BOH-guh' s ]
 adjective ]
 MEANING :
 1. (adj.) spurious, counterfeit, fake or forged
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 Bogus products are often sold at half the price of their original counterparts in these bazaars.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 Wasteful public spending subsidises an army of bogus welfare claimants.
Economist, Looking nice but doing nothing, Jun 19th 2008
 
aggregate [ adj., n. AG-ri-git, -geyt; v. AG-ri-geyt ]
 adjective ]
 MEANING :
 collection of units or particles into a whole; total
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 The aggregate number has to be taken into account for the calculation to be correct.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 For a start, as far as aggregate demand is concerned, it will run into a headwind from the public sector.
Telegraph, We must prepare for the recovery - whenever it comes, By Roger Bootle, 02 Feb 2009
 
amplitude [ AM-pli-tood, -tyood ]
 noun ]
 MEANING :
 the state or quality of being ample, especially to breadth and width; largeness, greatness of extent or abundant
 USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
 It was the very amplitude of the furnace which ensured heating for the entire village.
 USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
 If you run that back in time to the 17th century using sunspot records, you'll find that this amplitude variance is negligible for climate.
National Geographic, Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says, Brian Handwerk, September 13, 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. Principe
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