TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 04-Dec-13

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	04-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists carousal [ kuh'-ROU-zuh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. revelry or a noisy drunken feast 2. a boisterous drinking party or drunken merrymaking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the night's carousal with his friends he acquired a severe hangover.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Before crackers are pulled and glasses raised in salutation it is timely to reflect on the origin of this seasonal carousal. BBC, River Terrig, 17 February 2010.   gratuitous [ gruh'-TOO-i-tuh' s, -TYOO- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1.unjustified or without apparent reason 2. given or granted without having to pay or return   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The company's gratuitous decision to stop flexitime left the employees puzzled and bewildered.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Geoffrey Lloyd was reported by a woman volunteer after years of "gratuitous violence" because teachers at Regent Special School in Tividale, West Midlands, were too scared to confront him. Telegraph, Head who hit disabled students is jailed, 15 June 2001   reciprocity [ res-uh'-PROS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a relationship that is mutually beneficial 2. mutual cooperation between nations by interchanging rights or privileges   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reciprocity of the deal helped both parties to recoup their losses.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There is one, and only one, reason for delivering any citizen into the jurisdiction of another country, and that is reciprocity. The Telegraph, Extradition: A bad and unfair treaty, 16 July 2009   cadaver [ kuh'-DAV-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a human dead body for dissection 2. (n.) a corpse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were worried when a cadaver was reported missing from the morgue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Students arriving at the UK's newest medical school will not learn human anatomy by cutting into a real cadaver - but use realistic dummies instead. BBC, University defends 'corpse-free classes', 30 September 2002.   gastronome [ GAS-truh'-nohm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a connoisseur of fine food and drink   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   France is a delightful country to visit, if you happen to be a gastronome.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Adami was a gastronome, and impressed local elders with his readiness to eat the most disgusting-looking delicacies, of which sheeps' eyes were by no means the most offensive. Telegraph, Major 'Cuth' Adami, 25 March 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. 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