TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 17-Sep-13

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	17-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sinewy [ SIN-yoo-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. tough, strong or stingy 2. forceful, powerful or vigorous esp. in case of language 3. muscular 4. like or marked by the strength of sinews   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His sinewy muscles were earned doing hard labour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Britain's industrial wastelands, the sinewy places which once produced the coal and steel, now lie empty and silent. BBC, Why farmers think they deserve help, 20 September, 1999   rabble [ RAB-uh'l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group of persons treated with disrespect 2. (n.) any tool or mechanical device used in refining furnaces 3. (tr. v.) to stir the charge in a furnace with a rod   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rabble went on a rampage and ransacked the manor of the nobleman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Having witnessed the actions of the anti-veal protesters at South coast ports in the '90s I agree with the general description of mindless rabble. The Telegraph, The death of Marcus the sheep was a lesson to us all, Rowan Pelling, 15 September 2009   intolerant [ in-TOL-er-uh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) bigoted or unwilling to endure or respect beliefs other than one's own 2. (n.) a bigot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police warned him that his intolerant attitude would land him in trouble.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "This is an intolerant, totalitarian government," Cuban dissident Laura Pollan told CNN from her home, where the march began. CNN, Protesters mark Human Rights Day in Cuba, David Ariosto, 11 December 2009.   senescence [ si-NES-uh 'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. old age, antiquity or elderliness 2. the phase in the growth of a plant between maturity and death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Senescence has rendered him bedridden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One theory of ageing suggests senescence is a result of damage caused to body cells by reactive molecules called free radicals. Economist, Eat less. Live longer, Apr 12th 2007   snub [ snuhb ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) 1. to ignore or refuse to recognize 2. (tr. v.) to turn down with a sharp retort 3. (n.) a deliberate insult 4. (adj.) blunt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The few innovative ideas put forth by the fresher were snubbed by his seniors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Among other things, I didn't want to be -- to borrow from sixth-grade parlance -- a user, a phony who thought she could get what she wanted by conveniently nuzzling up to someone she usually snubbed. CNN, Cancer, my parents and my doubts about God, Kelly Corrigan, 11 August 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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