TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Apr-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 02-Apr-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists constrict [ kuh' n-STRIKT ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr.v.) to compress, squeeze or clamp 2. (tr.v.) to inhibit, restrict or stultify 3. (intr.v.) to get constricted USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The company profits were constricted because of petty in-fighting between the company's board of directors. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The Airbus A330-200 has a "rudder limiter" which constricts how much the rudder - which is attached to the vertical stabilizer - can move at high speeds. Telegraph, Air France crash: Investigators recover 29 bodies in total, 09 Jun 2009 quibble [ KWIB-uh' ...