TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 27-Nov-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 27-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tatterdemalion [ tat-er-di-MEYL-yuh'n, -MAL- ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a person dressed in rags; a shabby person 2. (adj.) ragged or shabby appearance; unkempt, dilapidated USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The huge number of tatterdemalions in the refugee camps made for depressing viewing. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : In effect, the Mbuti are gaining their independence—which in Congo's feral east means they are free to lose everything to the tatterdemalion parade of pilgrims, many in far worse straits, who trod the dying remnants of the trans-African highways built by the colonial Belgians. National Geograph...