TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Apr-14

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	03-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists expedite [ Ek-spi-dahyt ]   [ verb ]   MEANING :   1. to speed up or hasten the progress of 2. to accomplish or execute promptly 3. to issue or dispatch, say, an official letter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minister's decision to expedite the project proved beneficial to the people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The messages request personal information that supposedly would expedite the turnaround time of either a tax refund or a stimulus rebate check. ABC News, IRS Warns of New Online Tax Scams: Protect Yourself, March 28, 2008   burnish [ BUR-nish ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to burnish or make shiny by rubbing 2. (n.) polish, gloss or shine   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They burnished the artefacts to be displayed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The last vestiges of sunlight gild and burnish the pink walls. National Geographic, On Lake Powell, Kayaking a Reemerging Canyon, Gretchen Reynolds, August 12, 2003   writhe [ rahyth ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr.v.) to twist, squirm or contort violently as though in pain 2. (intr.v.) to mentally shrink as if in acute discomfort 3. (tr.v.) to contort, twist or distort as though in pain 4. (n.) a contortion or twisting motion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He writhed in agony but the police saw through his sham.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Coils of electrified gas known as coronal loops writhe above sunpots—cooler, dark patches (inset) that appear on the sun's surface in periodic cycles. National Geographic, Photo: Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says   superfluous [ soo'-PUR-floo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being excessive and not required 2. redundant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hair dresser cut off the superfluous hair in order to give the hair a 'v' shape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems superfluous to mention the storm, everybody went through it, mine is only one tale of it amongst many. BBC, More Storm Tales, 11 November 2007   levy [ LEV-ee ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act or process of imposing a tax 2. (tr. v.) to collect or impose 3. (intr. v.) to confiscate or seize   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The finance minister explained that the new levy would help reduce the deficit substantially without the common man feeling the pinch.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The levy would be deducted from the estates of elderly people when they die, according to the Guardian. BBC, Inheritance levy to pay for social care denied, 9 February 2010.   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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