Daily Wordlist 06-Nov-09

	06-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist ambush [ AM-boo'sh  ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of waiting in hiding to attack by surprise 2.(n.) an unexpected attack made from a concealed place 3. (n.) a concealed trap 4. (tr. v.) to attack from a concealed place   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Insurgents laid an ambush at the canyon to intercept the armoured vehicles carrying munitions for the government forces.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He had agreed to a fight one boy at his school after lessons, but was ambushed by the gang as they met on the school's tennis courts. The Telegraph, School where pupil brain damaged suffered race riots, Caroline Gammell, 20 October 2009.   arcane [ ahr-KEYN  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. understood by only a few 2. mysterious or secret   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Even the cleverest of students experience some difficulty when dealing with arcane terminology during the first term.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There are numerous different referencing systems in use across the disciplines and the conventions may sometimes appear arcane. The university of Oxford, Academic good practice,   averse [ uh'-VURS  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. strongly opposed 2. disinclination   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Though he propagated that honesty was the best policy he was not averse to lying in order to save his skin.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Councils are not averse to the idea that there should be a right of appeal if responsible dog owners feel hard done by when a dog control order is put in place. BBC, Walking bans 'risk dog welfare', 12 October 2009.   blotch [ bloch ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an irregular patch or blot 2. (n.) a blemish or discoloured patch on the skin 3. (v.) to mark with a blot or to be marked with spots   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She asked the surgeon if he could remove the unsightly blotch on the side of her neck.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said four of his employees suffered from "some strange maladies" in December, including "red blotches on their skin" and watery eyes for a few hours after opening the irradiated mail. CNN, Congress takes new steps to minimize mail risk, 6 February 2002.   caucus [ KAW-kuhs ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a meeting or congregation of members of a party within a certain legislative body held in order to select the leaders and determine strategy 2. (n.) a meeting organized in order to foster a special cause 3. (intr.v.) to take part in or hold a caucus 4. (tr.v.) to assemble in a caucus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A caucus was held to discuss the candidate's suitability for the post of Deputy Chief Minister.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The difference between a caucus and the primaries that most states favour is that to take part in a caucus you have to take part in person – you have to devote a whole evening to the process. BBC, Welcome to the caucus circus, David Grossman, 3 January 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