TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Dec-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 22-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists embargo [ em-BAHR-goh ] [ noun, verb ] MEANING : 1. (n.) a government ban on the movement of trade ships into or out of its ports 2. (n.) a government edict prohibiting trade with foreign nations 3. (n.) a prohibition; a ban 4. (v.) to impose an embargo on USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : Most foreign policy experts are of the view that the US trade embargo imposed on Iran has not yielded any significant results. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : In October 1962 the United States and the Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war after the Kennedy administration discovered that the Soviet Union was constructing missiles in Cuba. As a...