Daily Wordlist 07-Oct-09

	07-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist putrefaction [ pyoo-truh'-FAK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. process of rotting 2. the state of decomposition or decay   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Putrefaction had set in causing a stench to emanate from the carcass.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As most of the coolies fled this was not an easy job and became more and more unpleasant when putrefaction set in. The telegraph, Britain at War: Evacuated to Western Australia. 9 april 2009   pyre [ pahy-uh'r ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a stack of wood or other combustible material used to burn a dead body   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was difficult to light the funeral pyre as the wood had become damp due to the rain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A bid by a devout Hindu for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre has been rejected by the High Court in London. BBC, Devout Hindu loses cremation bid, 8 May 2009   quack [ kwak ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the call or cry of a duck 2. (n.) an untrained person who pretends to be a doctor 3. (intr. v.) to utter a 'quack' or make the sound of a duck call 4. (intr. v.) to act as a physician despite being unqualified   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He went into the marshland only to record the quack of a wild duck for his environmental project.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He's only had one encounter with Carhart -- when the doctor drove his car by protesters and "quacked like a duck." CNN, Protests to focus on doctor who performed 60,000 abortions, Wayne Drash, 28 August 2009   quiescence [ kwee-ES-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being dormant 2. inactiveness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After nearly a year of quiescence, the union leaders have, once again, initiated disruptive activities in the factory.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It has been an essential element in the technique of the aggressive states alternately to rasp the nerves of their pacific neighbours by accumulating menacing legions under arms and hypnotise the gullible into quiescence with words of good intent. The Telegraph, Europe in tension - Apr 12, 1939, 12 April 2009   rabble [ RAB-uh'l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a group of persons treated with disrespect 2. (n.) any tool or mechanical device used in refining furnaces 3. (tr. v.) to stir the charge in a furnace with a rod   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rabble went on a rampage and ransacked the manor of the nobleman.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Having witnessed the actions of the anti-veal protesters at South coast ports in the '90s I agree with the general description of mindless rabble. The Telegraph, The death of Marcus the sheep was a lesson to us all, Rowan Pelling, 15 September 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