Daily Wordlist 08-Nov-09

	08-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist anneal [ uh'-NEEL ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to subject to a process of heating and slow cooling thereby toughening and reducing brittleness 2. (tr. v.) to make harder 3. (intr. v.) to become hardened   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The steel used to make the blade of a samurai sword is annealed in order to toughen it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Specimens containing well-ordered arrays of dislocations are isothermally annealed for a controlled duration, during which nitrogen segregates to and pins the dislocations. The oxford university, Title: The properties of nitrogen in silicon, Dr Charles Rowland Alpass, 18 September 2009.   artful [ AHRT-fuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. displaying skill 2. cunning 3. performed with skill   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The young executive came up with some artful schemes to raise money for the committee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Unfortunately, the old artful ways of the country GPs who knew their patients, their families and their hopes and fears and whom everyone loved in return are on the way out. BBC, A word in your ear, doctor, 14 January 1999.   bemoan [ bi-MOHN ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to display grief 2. to convey regret or disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The untimely death of the industrialist was bemoaned by the business community of that town.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Others bemoan what they regard as the public's lack of understanding about their workload. The Telegraph, MPs' expenses: MPs who milked the expenses system now complain about attempts to reform it, Patrick Sawer, 29 August 2009.   bridle [ BRAHYD-l  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a harness worn over the head of a horse to guide and control 2. (tr. v.) to curb or check 3. (intr. v.) to lift the head and draw in the chin showing scorn 4. (intr. v.) to take offense or display resentment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He pulled on the reins and bridled his mount to slow down to a trot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forget the made up trails, they are boring, and go exploring the bridle paths and byways. BBC, Mountain Biking, 30 October 2009.   codify [ KOD-uh-fahy, KOH-duh- ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to reduce to a code 2. to systematize, classify or arrange   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All rules were codified into the rule book to aid people to understand them better.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The new MPs' code of conduct will clarify Members' role in relation to constituents and Parliament, detail what voters can expect from their MP, and codify the potential offences which must be addressed and new tougher sanctions for misbehaviour. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown bids to clean up Parliament in wake of expenses scandal, Andrew Porter and James Kirkup, 10 June 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