Daily Wordlist 31-Jan-10

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	Daily Wordlist misogamy [ mi-SOG-uh'-mee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. hatred of marriage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His misogamy resulted from the unpleasantness of the broken marriage of his parents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The heightened level of misogamy has also been expressed by the journalists newspaper, pointing out that "the viewpoint of coarse and crude male domination —constantly minimizing the conscience of the feminine sex— that oozes from (reggaeton) lyrics, is simply degrading" Wikipedia, Juventud Rebelde, 15 January 2007.   commiserate [ kuh'-MIZ-uh'-reyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to feel pity or express sympathy for 2. (tr. v.) to feel sorrow for 3. (intr. v.) to express sympathy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The neighbours commiserated with him over the loss of his grandfather.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A football fan has been fined £350 for running on to a pitch to commiserate with his team's goalkeeper. BBC, Fan fined for running on to pitch, 13 april 2007.   seminary [ SEM-uh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a school, especially one providing education in theology the training of ministers, priests, or rabbis 2. a place of origin and propagation 3. a high grade school for young women   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The couple proudly announced that their son had entered the seminary to train for priesthood.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Mercaz Harav seminary is a well-known center for Jewish studies. BBC, In pictures: Israel seminary attack, 6 March 2008.   amble [ AM-buh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to saunter or stroll 2. (intr. v.) to walk leisurely 3. (n.) a leisurely walk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Hand in hand, the couple ambled in the garden.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The other is a humbler, but far more refined affair, where the maximum pace need be no more than a gentle amble. The Telegraph, Unsporting behaviour, 18 September 2009.   pulverize [ PUHL-vuh'-rahyz ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pound or grind to a powder 2. (tr. v.) to crush completely or demolish 3. (intr. v.) to be pounded or ground to a powder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   At the factory, bottles and scrap glass pieces were pulverized and used to make emery paper.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With first-floor galleries open to the sky, the museum contains little besides crates of pulverized objects. BBC, Afghanistan: At the Crossroads of Ancient Civilisations By Dan Cruickshank, 19 January 2010.   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