Daily Wordlist 07-Sep-09

	Daily Wordlist vigorous [ VIG-er-uhs ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. energetic, robust or strong 2. done energetically and forcefully   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A vigorous shaking of the reactants is often required to bring about a chemical reaction.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Beijing has been pursuing vigorous diplomatic complaints against countries such as Australia and Japan, which have recently granted visas to Ms Kadeer to travel there and discuss her concerns. BBC, Trials due over Xinjiang riots, 24 August 2009   waft [ waft, wahft  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to propel or cause to move gently on a buoyant medium 2. (intr.v.) to float or drift gently esp. on the air 3. (n.) one, like sound or odour, that can be perceived faintly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We got the waft of the cake even through the closed door.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The aroma of freshly baking flatbread wafts through the air as a unit of British soldiers position themselves for a quick patrol around the village of Sindh Kalay. CNN, British Army builds mock Afghan village in English countryside, By Atika Shubert CNN, July 2, 2009   valorous [ valorous ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   brave, courageous or valiant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their valorous defence ultimately came to an end with the demise of their leader.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An attack on the valorous service of a fellow American is wrong. CNN, Political drama unfolds as letter carriers fail to deliver, 26 August 2005   vanquish [ vanquish ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to conquer or overcome in battle 2. to defeat in a conquest, competition or conflict 3. to overpower   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The English vanquished the Indian rebellion during the war of 1857.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Victory is achieved once all the enemies have been vanquished. CNN, Web video game aim: 'Kill' Bush characters, 18 September 2006   veritable [ veritable ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   genuine, real or not imaginary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It took him two hours to prove to the police that he was a veritable actor from the Indian film industry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mountains like people come in many guises and Scotland possesses a veritable kaleidoscope of peaks. BBC, Mountaineering, Irvine Butterfield, 23 october 2007   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