Daily Wordlist 05-Feb-10

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	05-Feb-10 Daily Wordlist buffoon [ buh'-FOON ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. one who amuses others by using jokes, gestures or tricks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was the buffoon of the class and amused everyone with his antics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Alan Duncan, the serial buffoon and gaffe merchant, has been disciplined by David Cameron. The Telegraph, DaveWatch: inadequate David Cameron is afraid to sack serial buffoon Alan Duncan, Gerald Warner, 14 August 2009.   occident [ OK-si-duh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the west or western regions 2. the Western Hemisphere   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After he completed a tour of the Occident he decided to write a book about his travels.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were plenty of vacant seats for this Prom – a three-hour stretch that looked at musical links between the Orient and Occident. The Telegraph, BBC Proms 2009: Prom 10 - Orchestre National de Lyon/Markl, review, Geoffrey Norris, 27 July 2009.   evanescent [ ev-uh'-NES-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. fleeting or tending to fade away 2. vanishing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   For one moment, she thought the evanescent shadow created by the moonlight was a ghost.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A growing number of college professors are using film, audio clips and PowerPoint presentations to play to their students' strengths and capture their evanescent attention. CNN, Are kids too plugged in? 20 March 2008.   botch [ boch ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v. ) to spoil by bad workmanship 2. (tr. v.) to bungle or perform clumsily 3. (n.) an eruption on the skin 4. (n.) a piece of work that is ruined or defective   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In his eagerness to do more work than the other apprentices he botched the project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Clinton met with representatives from other world powers Wednesday in London to discuss ways to help Yemen improve its economic situation and fight terrorism in the wake of a botched attack on a U.S. airliner. CNN, Clinton presses Yemen to move on key reforms, Elise Labott and Jill Dougherty, 27 January 2010.   harangue [ huh'-RANG ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to scold 2. (intr. v.) to address a scolding to 3. (n. ) a long and pompous speech or verbal attack 4. (n.) a speech with strong feelings and expression   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When children are constantly harangued about what they shouldn't be doing, more often than not, they end up doing just what they're told not to do.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The latest breach saw five pro-hunting protesters burst into the Commons and harangue Rural Affairs Minister and Cardiff South and Penarth MP Alun Michael. BBC, Not so tight after all, David, 15 September, 2004.   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