TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 04-May-14

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	04-May-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists waver [ WEY-ver ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to sway 2. (intr. v.) to quiver, tremble or shake 3. (intr. v.) to begin to give way or become unsteady 4. (intr. v.) a feeling of indecision or doubt 5.(intr. v.) to vary or to fluctuate 4. (n.) the act of being indecisive 5.(n.) the act swaying   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their captain's determination did not waver and they won the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When asked why some blacks might now waver in their support for the senator, Perry said, "They just didn't understand the facts." CNN, Lincoln courts black vote as an NAACP leader gives her an 'F', 18 May 2010.   simian [ SIM-ee-uh'n ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of a monkey or an ape 2. (n.) a monkey, primate or ape   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His simian facial features made him stand out in a crowd.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The marauding simian that gave residents of Kamakshipalya sleepless nights last week, attacked two more victims on Monday night: Anil Kumar, a youth who was sleeping outside his house in BDA Layout, was bit by the monkey in the thigh. The Times of India, Monkey business: Act III, 17 Mar 2004   mottled [ MOT-ld ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   spotted, blotched or streaked with different colours   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mottled locks were eye-catching.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Normally the combination of red and blue pigments in the shell of a live lobster creates a dark, mottled camouflage pattern that blends in with the ocean floor. BBC, Lobsters saved from boiling pot, 10 November 2008   vituperate [ vahy-TOO-puh'-reyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to revile, berate, rebuke or scold 2. (intr.v.) to scold harshly using abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was publicly vituperated by his boss for his errors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he publicly vituperated his father, the Prince of Wales was temporarily put under arrest. Wikipedia, George II of Great Britain   centigrade [ SEN-ti-greyd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a scale divided into 100 degrees 2. pertaining to a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is represented by 0° C and the boiling point by 100° C   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No matter how much the water was heated its temperature never exceeded a hundred degrees centigrade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1948, it was internationally agreed that the Centigrade scale would be named after Celsius. BBC, Giving temperatures the third degree, 13 January 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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