Daily Wordlist 01-Oct-09

	01-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist philistine [ FIL-uh'-steen  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who is arrogantly indifferent to things like cultural values, intellectual and artistic pursuits etc. 2. (n.) an inhabitant of ancient Philistia 3. (adj.) uncultured 4. (adj.) ordinary or plane in a self satisfied way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was termed a philistine by the art critics because of his lack of knowledge about art.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Mitterrand is a friend of Carla Bruni, the French first lady, who has been credited with trying to transform her husband's image from philistine to art lover who sprinkles his conversations with highbrow literary quotes. The Telegraph, Sarkozy appoints Mitterrand nephew to cabinet, Henry Samuel, 24 June 2009   pluck [ pluhk ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.)to hold and pull out 2. (tr. v.)to pull out the hair or feathers of 3. to remove suddenly 4. (intr. v.) to give a sudden tug 5. (n.) the act of pulling out 6.(n.) courage when beset by difficulties 7. (n.) The heart, liver, trachea, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her grandmother warned her against plucking flowers after dusk.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nathan proceeded to pluck hair from different parts of the physicist's body while asking for a pain rating on a scale of 1 to 10. BBC, The British Science Festival, 11 September 2009   preclude [ pri-KLOOD ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to make not possible by preventive measures 2. to rule out a certain condition or activity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The criminal was released because the disappearance of the eyewitness precluded a conviction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a letter to Mr Brown, he said the fact that the Scottish Government made the decision did not preclude the prime minister from making a comment. BBC, PM requested bomber 'sensitivity', 21 August 2009   profligacy [ PROF-li-guh'-see ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. uncontrolled extravagance 2. a shameless lack of moral restraint 3. abundance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Due to his rampant profligacy, he had squandered a fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Normally that would be a very good sign, that people had heeded the perils of the recent profligacy and are now learning to balance the books. BBC, Martha Kearney's week, Martha Kearney, 4 September 2009   prudence [ PROOD-ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of exercising good judgement 2. careful management of practical matters   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Before contracting to acquire the assets of a firm, prudence is required.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The public rightly expect this Government to exercise some kind of prudence when the country is in the grip of a recession. The Telegraph, Whitehall expands 'Twittercrat' empire, Chris Irvine, 2 September 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