Daily Wordlist 05-Dec-09

	05-Dec-09 Daily Wordlist podiatrist [ puh'-DAHY-uh'-trist ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders 2. a foot doctor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was not a podiatrist but was very knowledgeable about treating foot ailments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ms Jones, a practising podiatrist, said seven times as much pressure was put on the ball of a foot by someone wearing high heels. The Telegraph, High heels 'should be banned at work', 15 September 2009.   chortle [ CHAWR-tl ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (v.) to chuckle gleefully 2. (v.) to express one's happiness with a gleeful chuckle 3. (n.) a gleeful chuckle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children chortled when they saw the antics of the clown.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the rest of the speech, Mr Wilson consulted his BlackBerry on more than one occasion and joined in repeated Republican jeers, sarcastic chortles and waving bits of paper that by themselves breached protocol for joint sessions, when the House of Representatives and the Senate assemble to listen to the head of state. The Telegraph, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson breaks protocol by heckling Obama, Alex Spillius, 10 September 2009.   scavenge [ SKAV-inj ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to search through and gather from wastage 2. (tr. v.) to expel exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine 3. (tr. v.) to remove impurities from molten metal by chemicals 4. (intr. v.) to search through refuse 5. (intr. v.) to feed on dead or decaying matter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The children scavenged the city dump for material to use in their science project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yasar told Sahintas he scavenges packing paper and cardboard boxes from garbage bins for resale to private recycling companies. CNN, Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul's underbelly, Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, 6 October 2009.   emancipate [ i-MAN-suh'-peyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to free from restraint or bondage 2. to be free from parental control   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many bonded labourers were emancipated because of pressure exerted on manufacturers by the international community.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This liberal-minded tsar emancipated the serfs and, for his troubles, was assassinated by a terrorist bomb. The Telegraph, St Petersburg: A city of history, romance and adventure - Russia Now, Alexander Melikhov, 27 August 2009.   bevy [ BEV-ee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an assemblage or collection 2. a group   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The advertisement for the pageant stated that a bevy of beauties would walk the ramp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The bevy of judges then attended the traditional Lord Chancellor's breakfast in the Great Hall in the Houses of Parliament. The Telegraph, New Supreme Court opens with media barred, 1 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