Daily Wordlist 29-Jan-10

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	Daily Wordlist clipper [ KLIP-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. anything that clips or a person that shears 2. a cutting tool for hair, nails etc. 3. a sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, built for great speed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He bought a pair of hedge clippers to trim the overgrown bushes in his garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He says he's also a barber, having acquired clippers he uses to cut people's hair at a price he says is lower than area barber shops. CNN, In winter, some homeless choose between independence, warmth, Jason Hanna, 8 January 2010.   intangible [ in-TAN-juh'-buh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not able to perceive with the senses 2. (adj.) not clearly defined or unclear to the mind 3. (adj.) existing only in connection with something else- of an asset 4. (n.) something that cannot be realized or properly evaluated   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He never did amount to much as his ideas and aspirations were intangible.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The term "love" is intangible but you have to feel it for yourself first in order to be able to share it with someone else. BBC, Love, Mark Taylor, 12 January 2010.   ravage [ RAV-ij ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to devastate or bring heavy destruction upon 2. (tr. v.) to wreak havoc upon 3. (tr. v.) to plunder 4. (intr. v.) to cause destruction 5. (n.) serious damage 6. (n.) the act of plundering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The village and crops were ravaged by the storm.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Karzai is battling to form a functioning government and end a political crisis in the war ravaged nation that has dragged on since he was returned to power in a fraud-tainted presidential election in August. The Telegraph, Karzai's new cabinet seen as return to patronage politics, Sardar Ahmad, 11 January 2010.   char [ chahr ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to scorch or burn only the surface of 2. (tr. v.) to reduce to charcoal by partial combustion 3. (intr. v.) to become burnt or reduced to charcoal 4. (n.) material that has been burnt or reduced to charcoal   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   None of the artifacts were recognizable, everything was charred to a cinder by the blaze.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The photos showed heavy damage, with charred furniture, peeling wallpaper and floors strewn with broken glass, debris and ashes. CNN, Fire heavily damages office of reformist Iranian lawmaker, 31 December 2009.   arboretum [ ahr-buh'-REE-tuh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a botanical garden 2. a piece of land on which different plants are grown either for study or show   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The college had a well maintained arboretum for those students who had opted for botany as a subject.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Tony Kirkham, head of arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the UK's leading authority on tree planting, gives his top tips for planting trees. The Telegraph, Top tips for tree planting, 22 December 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