Daily Wordlist 02-Nov-09

	02-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist subsume [ suh'b-SOOM ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to bring an idea or scheme within the field of a more comprehensive one 2. to include in a more wide-ranging category   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The management subsumed the confectionery company into its fold by means of subterfuge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A series of coincidences in his own life leads to the discovery of a twin brother who is plotting to kill the author and subsume his identity. BBC, Reel Life, 21 February 2002   suppliant [ SUHP-lee-uh'nt ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who prays on behalf of another 2. (adj.) pertaining to prayer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The suppliant invoked God to spare the congregation from the plague.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, the priest, Robert Burns, may remain "if it is foreseen that the presence of the suppliant will cause no scandal". The Telegraph, Vatican accused of cover-up in sex abuse row, Marcus Warren, 12 December 2002   tangential [ tan-JEN-shuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. deviating from the topic 2. tending to be evasive 3. irrelevant for the most part   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Instead of dealing with the problems on hand, the committee made a hue and cry about some tangential issues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the politicians ordered meals of fish and chips, T-bone steaks and chicken to fuel the 12-hour session of talks, Mr Tsvangirai's advisers appeared bogged down in tangential issues that would yield little in terms of actual power. The Telegraph, How Zimbabwe's power sharing talks hit deadlock before 'last chance' meeting, Peta Thornycroft, 25 January 2009,   torment [ v. tawr-MENT, TAWR-ment; n. TAWR-ment ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) physical or mental anguish 2. (n.) a source of distress 3. (tr. v.) to torture   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sick, old man was tormented until he signed over his fortune to his son-in-law.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Miss Pilkington killed herself and her daughter who suffered from learning disabilities, after deciding she could no longer face the torment after nothing was done to help even though she made dozens of complaints to officers. The Telegraph, Police spend fewer than six hours a week on the streets, tom Whitehead, 2 October 2009   trudge [ truhj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to walk heavily and laboriously 2. (n.) a laborious walk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hikers were tired as evening drew on and they trudged wearily on their way home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And when the losers trudge off, beaten and vanquished, they can console themselves with the thought that they are far from alone in their abject disappointment. BBC, Final expectations at fever pitch, Paul Fletcher, 29 June 2008   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