Daily Wordlist 02-Oct-09

	02-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist pious [ PAHY-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having a reverence for God 2. self-righteous 3. (adj.) falsely sincere 4. relating to spiritual devotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His pious mannerisms made him a favourite with the temple priests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the midst of blatant injustices inflicted upon the Negro, I have watched white churches stand on the sideline and merely mouth pious irrelevancies, King wrote from jail during the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, demonstrations. CNN, Modern black church shuns King's message, John Blake, 14 April 2008   plummet [ PLUHM-it ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) a vertical fall 2.(intr. v.)to decline sharply 3.(n.) a conical metal weight (plumb bob)tied to the end of a plumb line 4. (n.) something that is burdensome   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stone plummeted down into the ravine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Obama will make a high-stakes prime-time speech designed to draw a line under a difficult summer that has seen his popularity ratings plummet and suspicion of his health care reform soar. The Telegraph, Barack Obama to address Congress over health care, Toby Harnden, 6 September 2009   precursory [ pri-KUR-suh'-ree ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. introductory 2. announcing that something is to come   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The management is of the opinion that the precursory details are insufficient.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The collapse will occur during some future eruption after days or weeks of precursory deformation and earthquakes. CNN, Scientists warn of massive wave, 29 August 2001   profundity [ pruh'-FUHN-di-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. intensity or depth of 2. something complex or puzzling   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The profundity of his sermon seemed to have had an encouraging effect on the congregation.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The profundity of Thursday's vote did not escape even teenagers engaged in a friendly soccer match in Sunni-dominated Aadhamiya. CNN, Polls open in historic Iraqi election, 15 December 2005   prudish [ PROO-dish ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. excessively prim and proper 2. having the qualities of a prude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children called him a snob because of his prudish behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The English are prudish and can't talk about sex. BBC, Netherlands: Let's talk about sex, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, 1 March 2000   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