Daily Wordlist 03-Nov-09

	03-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist succor [ SUHK-er ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) help or assistance 2. (n.) a person who gives help 3. (tr. v.) to help   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a kind man and would always succor the needy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   DeLay runs a tightly ordered House, where conquered Democrats are not offered succor. CNN, Inside Politics: Robert Novak: Criminalized politics, 14 October 2004   supplicate [ SUHP-li-keyt  ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pray for in a fervent manner 2. (intr. v.) to make a fervent prayer   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He claimed to be an atheist but when he was having bad luck he would supplicate for a change in fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   God the Exalted has mercy upon the living who supplicates for the dead. The Telegraph, Sacred mysteries, Christopher Howse, 25 January 2003   tarnished [ TAHR-nish-d ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make the sheen of something dull 2. to defame or spoil 3. (intr. v.) to lose its sheen 4. (intr. v.) to become sullied 5. (n.) the state of being dull   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The antique flower vase was tarnished with age.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The gold medal is very tarnished at this stage. BBC, O'Connor's medal is 'tarnished', 10 November 2004,   torque [ tawrk ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) something that causes rotation 2. (tr. v.) to produce rotation 3. (tr. v.) to apply rotation to 4. (intr. v.) to rotate or turn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The engineer set the power brakes according to the maximum torque generated by the motor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Prior models assumed one of two things: that the torque - the power in rotation - was applied at its maximum from the backswing, or that it ramped up throughout the swing, reaching its maximum at the point of impact. BBC, Golf secret not all in the wrists, Jason Palmer, 4 November 2008   turmoil [ TUR-moil ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of confusion 2. a great disturbance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The little town was in turmoil when the gangs took to fighting with each other over territory rights.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The UN mission to Afghanistan has been in turmoil since Mr Eide, the senior diplomat, and his deputy, Peter Galbraith, rowed over how to deal with an election apparently riddled with pro-Karzai fraud. The Telegraph, Afghanistan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah questions UN neutrality, Ben Farmer, 3 October 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