TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 27-Feb-14

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	27-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists congenial [ kuh'n-JEEN-yuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pleasing or agreeable in nature 2. friendly or having a pleasant disposition 3. compatible or having similar temperament   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The congenial host saw to it that all his guests were enjoying themselves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The mood was competitive yet congenial as the dignitaries traded their suits for shorts and hit the soccer field at Chelsea Piers on a balmy New York evening April 25. CNN, U.N. diplomats trade suits for soccer shorts, Evan Buxbaum, 4 May 2009.   ineffable [ in-EF-uh'-buh' l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unable to describe in words; indescribable 2. not to be spoken of or uttered; taboo   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ineffable joy of a woman becoming a mother is well documented in the literature of almost every language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Compact, scar-faced, blinded in one eye, he promenades around the refugee lean-tos of Biem with a lackey in tow, carrying his chair. Yet there is also an ineffable sadness about him. National Geographic , Shattered Sudan, Paul Salopek   Tundra [ TUHN-druh', TOO'N- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   a treeless region that falls between the icecap and tree line of the arctic regions and has an eternally frozen subsoil and sustains low-growing vegetation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Tundra has a harsh, cold climate.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Snow flies in your face as furry friends pull you across the isolated tundra. CNN, Mush! Five places to go dog sledding, By Jacque Wilson, January 13, 2009   debacle [ dey-BAH-kuh' l, -BAK-uh' l, duh'- ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. sudden defeat, violent disruption or rout 2. a fiasco or total failure 3. the breaking up of ice in a river   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was solely blamed for the entire debacle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Politicians and teaching unions yesterday welcomed news that the contract with the company at the centre of this summer's national tests debacle in England has been severed. The Herald, Firm loses contract over exams debacle   lexicographer [ lek-si-KOG-ruh'-fer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1.(n.) a person who compiles or edits a dictionary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A dedicated lexicographer had compiled a dictionary containing a million words.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A common rule of thumb among lexicographers is that a word should be spotted in at least five different sources over a period of five years. CNN, They're looking up 'Yankspeak' for the Oxford English Dictionary, William Weir, 5 July 2000.   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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