TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Mar-14

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	29-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists extirpate [ EK-ster-peyt, ik-STUR-peyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to destroy or remove completely; exterminate 2. to pull up by; uproot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Pakistani army chief's decision to send troops to the Swat valley to extirpate the Taliban was well received both within and outside the country.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President George W. Bush still favored the Israeli offensive to extirpate Hezbollah from Lebanon. CNN, Tyrell: The commander in chief's blood pressure, Friday, August 4, 2006   deranged [ di-REYNJD ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. insane, mad or mentally disturbed 2. disordered, disarranged or unbalanced   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The deranged lady was admitted to the mental asylum so that she would not harm herself or others.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He hides when he sees the deranged Maxtible heading in the opposite direction. BBC, Doctor Who | Photonovels: The Evil of the Daleks - Episode Seven   travail [ truh'-VEYL, TRAV-eyl ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) toil or laborious work 2. (n.) anguish, torment, hardship or agony 3. (n.) labour or pain of childbirth 4. (intr.v.) to be in labour 5. (intr.v.) to toil or work laboriously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The story made a mockery of the travails faced by the people of the past century.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   President Obama poked fun at the travails of the Republican Party last weekend. CNN, Family feud roils Republican Party, May 13, 2009   testiness [ TES-tee-nis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a feeling of annoyance 2. irritability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A simple difference of opinion among friends escalated into an argument with testiness all around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the conflict entered its fourth week, testiness broke out all round. BBC, Cutting through the fog of war, Paul Adams, 30 October 2001   inextricable [ in-EK-stri-kuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. from which one cannot escape or free one's self 2. incapable of being solved or undone 3. hopelessly perplexing or intricate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The locals warned the explorers not to enter the inextricable labyrinth as it is rumoured that those who entered it have never returned.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Much of their tobacco packaging used the castle trademark, providing an inextricable link between the brand and Nottingham no matter where you were in the world. BBC, Player's Cigarette Packet,   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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