TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Mar-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 09-Mar-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists demotic [ di-MOT-ik ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) pertaining to the ordinary form of a language 2. (adj.) pertaining to the common people 3. (n.) the language of Greece USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : He wrote modern poetry but copied the traditional style of demotic verse. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Any Briton watching would have been reminded of the easy, demotic charm of Tony Blair. The Telegraph, Barack Obama on Jay Leno risks becoming a bore, Simon Heffer, 20 March 2009. precipitous [ pri-SIP-i-tuh's ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. impassably or...