Daily Wordlist 03-Feb-10

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	Daily Wordlist beget [ bi-GET ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to procreate, spawn or breed 2. (tr. v.) to cause   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The young couple who survived the accident hoped they could beget children and live a normal family life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They hope success will beget success and they will be able to muddle through. CNN, China: From Tiananmen through today, Jaime FlorCruz, 4 June 2009.   nirvana [ nir-VAH-nuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a state characterized by freedom from pain, troubles and worries of the external world 2. salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma 3. an ideal condition of unworldly happiness or heavenly state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that nirvana was unattainable but there were others in his class who believed otherwise.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Those keen to adopt mindfulness training as a mere means to a happier life ignore the fact that the ideas Buddhists have traditionally wanted people to be mindful of are not necessarily comfortable ones, even if they ultimately lead the way to nirvana. The Telegraph, The miserable results of our quest for happiness, Julian Baggini, 13 January 2010.   geniality [ jee-nee-AL-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a friendly disposition 2. courteous and pleasant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He became the most popular student in school because of his geniality.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His face was rather long and cheerful, he had fine eyes, and in his appearance and manner could express geniality or, when necessary, a serious composure. The telegraph, Moctezuma: the leader who lost an empire, 21 September 2009.   awry [ uh'-RAHY ]   [ adjective, adverb ]   MEANING :   1. (adv.) in a position that is twisted toward one side 2. (adv.) away from the proper course 3. (adj.) with a sidewards twist or askew 4. (adj.) amiss   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sudden gust of wind blew the girl's neatly combed hair all awry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A play in a prestigious Frankfurt theater went awry when four of Germany's top actors decided to substitute vodka for water. BBC, Friday's Quote of the Day, 29 January 2010.   fallow [ FAL-oh ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj. ) plowed and left uncultivated 2. (adj.) inactive or not in use 3. (adj.) pale yellow or light brown 4. (n.) the act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded 5. (tr. v.) to plough and leave the land unseeded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fallow field was the farmer's way of ensuring that it would become fertile the following season.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mohseni, who started the country's top television network, Tolo TV, said he's just trying to revive Afghan culture after the fallow Taliban era when music and television were banned. CNN, Fight for future of Afghanistan's culture plays out on TV, Andrew Tkach, 6 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. Principe