TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Jan-14

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	29-Jan-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists influx [ IN-fluhks ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. coming or flowing in 2. mass inrush or arrival 3. a confluence of water bodies   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The influx of illegal immigrants should be stopped.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Obama announced Monday that cash-strapped state governments will see the first influx of federal stimulus-related assistance later this week. CNN, States to get first stimulus boost this week   intersperse [ in-ter-SPURS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. intermingle 2. arrange with spaces between   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lengthy television soap was, thankfully, interspersed with a number of advertisements from time to time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Intersperse general conversation with quotes from obscure texts. BBC, Back of Beyond, 10 January 2006.   precinct [ PREE-singkt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a police station 2. the regions that immediately surround a place 3. a district of a city under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by the police   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police precinct was evacuated due to a bomb scare.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Alexeyeva spoke to CNN briefly on the mobile phone as a police bus was carrying her and other detained protesters to a local police precinct. CNN, Moscow police disperse opposition rally, Maxim Tkachenko, 31 December 2009.   rife [ rahyf ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. widespread or prevalent 2. abundant, copious or in plenty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The air was rife with speculation about the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   DEEP in the heart of Afghanistan's Helmand province, an area rife with Taliban activity and the very front line for the soldiers based here, daily life is nothing but eventful. The Herald, Daily round of patrols, attacks and reprisals   infidel [ IN-fi-dl, -del ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a non-believer in a particular faith or religion 2. (n.) an atheist or one devoid of religious beliefs 3. (n.) a sceptic or non-believer of a theory or belief 4. (adj.) unbelieving or not accepting   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their treatment of those they considered infidels was abhorrent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bombings targeted the Yazidi sect, which Muslim extremists have denounced as infidel. BBC, Minority targeted in Iraq bombings, Roger Hardy, 15 August 2007   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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