TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-Feb-14
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 08-Feb-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists serpentine [ SUR-puh'n-teen, -tahyn ] [ noun, adjective, intransitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) pertaining to or resembling a serpent 2. (adj.) having a winding course 3. (adj.) shrewd, cunning or wily 4. (n.) a cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century 5. (n.) a school figure made by skating two figure eights that share a single loop 6. (intr. v.) to follow a winding course USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The people who were waiting for the bus had formed a long serpentine queue. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : After a serpentine five-hour drive from the coast along a vertiginous slope, we arrived at Thirunelli. The Te...