TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-Dec-13

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	08-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pare [ pair ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to use a sharp instrument to remove the outer covering or skin of 2. to remove by cutting away 2. to reduce or decrease gradually   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He pared and cut the fruit into little pieces for the fruit salad.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In London, the FTSE 100's midday gains of 0.6% slipped away, while midday rises of nearly 1.5% on the Paris and Frankfurt leading indexes were pared back. BBC, Post-Saddam stock rally sags, 15 December 2003.   bagasse [ buh'-GAS ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   plant residue or refuse that is left after the produce is extracted from it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Bagasse is considered as a useful source for alternative energies since it is cheap and abundant in our country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Biomass includes specially-grown crops like willow, and material like bagasse, sugar-cane waste, which power stations can burn. BBC, What to use when the oil runs out, By Alex Kirby, 22 April, 2004   tepid [ TEP-id ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lukewarm or barely warm 2. half-hearted or devoid of enthusiasm, zeal or passion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tepid tea was sent back to the kitchen to be reheated.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US economy managed to grow at the tepid rate of 1.6% during the first three months of the year. BBC, Sluggish growth for US economy, 25 April, 2003   sebaceous [ si-BEY-shuh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   greasy, fatty or pertaining to sebum or tallow   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Sebaceous glands are overactive in humid climate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fungus, which is genetically related to yeast, feeds on sebum, the oily product produced by the sebaceous glands found in the skin. BBC, Genetic code of dandruff cracked, 6 November 2007   sanguine [ SANG-gwin ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) lively and hopeful or optimistic 2. (adj.) reddish or like blood 3. (n.) a red oxide crayon used for marking   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was his sanguine belief that a search party would be sent out to rescue them.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If that seemed a remarkably sanguine assessment, it should be remembered that Button was not able to keep his cool all weekend. The Telegraph, Jenson Button shunted out of Belgian Grand Prix but result is huge let-off in title race, Tom Cary, 30 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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