TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Aug-13

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	29-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists unsightly [ uhn-SAHYT-lee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unattractive to look at 2. unpleasant sight 3. offensive or distasteful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After she underwent cosmetic surgery her unsightly countenance was transformed into a vision of beauty.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She was the manager of a Government office in charge of 50 to 60 people and in good health save that she was troubled by unsightly patches of spots similar to acne, The Telegraph, Civil servant 'suffered cancer after taking Chinese pills', 11 February 2010.   gibberish [ JIB-er-ish, GIB- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. unintelligible language 2. talk or writing that contains a lot of pretentious or technical words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wounded soldier was barely conscious and was talking gibberish.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His clothes were practically burned from his body. He was just talking gibberish. Sunday Herald, The airport attack, By Torcuil Crichton and Judith Duffy   taint [ teynt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to corrupt, contaminate or spoil 2. (tr.v.) to effect as though causing a disease 3. (intr.v.) to contaminate or affect with decay 4. (n.) a moral spot or stain 5. (n.) a touch or influence that infects   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The money was considered to be tainted because of money laundering accusation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The whole thing was badly tainted when he was injured playing for England at the last World Cup, said Macdonald. Telegraph, Newcastle legend Malcolm Macdonald slams hierarchy over Michael Owen's future, By Rob Stewart, 09 Dec 2008   sang-froid [ Fr. Sahn*-fr*wa* ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   calmness, composure or equanimity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sang-froid displayed by the athlete in the face of imminent defeat was commendable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They were all repelled, but Delanoe's sang-froid was tested to the limit as he just managed to resist countless invitations to hit back at London. Telegraph, The Very Rev Michael Mayne, 24 Oct 2006   temporal [ TEM-per-uh'l, TEM-pruh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) worldly, restricted by time and not eternal 2. (adj.) secular and not clerical or religious 3. (n.) one that is temporal or not eternal in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The temporal nature of this phenomena makes it all the more important.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The archbishop wished the king "a long and glorious course of ruling a temporal kingdom wisely, justly and religiously" as guests fanned themselves in the tropical heat. Telegraph, Tonga crowns a new king in lavish ceremony, 01 Aug 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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