TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 06-May-14

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	06-May-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists destitute [ DES-ti-toot ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having no means of subsistence or lacking food, shelter and clothing 2. (adj.) deprived of 3. (adj.) impoverished or penniless 4. (tr.v.) to leave destitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has set up shelters where volunteers take care of destitute people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Two centuries after independence, however, Haiti is the battered pauper of the Americas and unimaginably destitute after the earthquake. Telegraph, Haiti: enslaved by its dark history , By Ian Thomson, 14 Jan 2010   libretto [ li-BRET-oh ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the words of an opera or similar extended musical work 2. a book or booklet containing the text of an opera or musical composition 3. the text of an opera or a dramatic musical composition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ballet was enjoyable, but the recital of its libretto was indistinct and barely discernable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   New York's Metropolitan Opera has turned down an opera by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright because he wrote it in French and refused to translate the libretto into English. The Telegraph, Metropolitan Opera shuns Rufus Wainwright's French libretto, Henry Samuel, 2 September 2008.   sordid [ SAWR-did ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. vile, ignoble or morally degraded 2. selfish, mercenary or grasping 3. unclean, filthy or dirty 4. squalid, sleazy, wretched or seedy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a sordid story which appalled everyone who heard it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems that this gives her solace in the sordid and heartless world of Scottish politics. The Herald, Divine madness of faith deciding laws of the land, IAIN MacWHIRTER, February 11 2008   incapacitate [ in-kuh'-PAS-i-teyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to disable or deprive of capacity or strength 2. to disqualify or legally render unfit or ineligible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was incapacitated because of his injury and could not fight in the war.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The discovery of chloroform, a chemical compound that can be used to incapacitate crime victims, is a piece of evidence prosecutors will use in building the case of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony. CNN, Lab results: Chloroform in Casey Anthony's trunk, September 4, 2008   writ [ rit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an order issued in writing in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer ordering the one to whom it is directed to refrain from performing or to perform an act that is specified therein 2. a document or writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A libel writ was issued against the magazine for publishing unauthorised content.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the past year, the court services bureau says it has been tasked every day with serving nearly 800 ``writs'' -- orders from judges for everything from subpoenas to summons to evictions. The Herald, Miami-Dade detectives forced to fill staffing gaps, serve court orders, 30 August 2009   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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