Daily Wordlist 09-Dec-09

	09-Dec-09 Daily Wordlist parable [ PAR-uh'-buh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a simple story illustrating a moral or religious teaching 2. a short story designed to illustrate or teach some religious principle or moral lesson   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the olden days, parables were used to teach the people the difference between right and wrong.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sport has always been a parable for life. The Telegraph, The likes of Flavio Briatore need to win too much, Kevin Garside, 17 September 2009.   anomalous [ uh'-NOM-uh'-luh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. inconsistent with the rules 2. not fitting into a common classification 3. irregular or inconsistent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The scientists were unable to fathom the anomalous results since the procedure and conditions remained the same throughout the series of experiments.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems anomalous that civil securities fraud complaints should be subject to earlier dismissal than their far more threatening criminal counterparts. CNN, Misinterpretation of fraud statute led WorldCom case dismissal, Brian Lehman, 5 September 2003.   supplicant [ SUHP-li-kuh'nt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a petitioner or suppliant 2. one who prayers on behalf of another 3. one who intercedes for someone   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He approached the landlord as a supplicant of the peasants.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It was Britain in the person of David Miliband who came across as the supplicant - unwilling to paper over differences but keen to set relations on a better footing. BBC, 'Respectful disagreement' in Moscow, Bridget Kendall, 3 November 2009.   promiscuous [ pruh'-MIS-kyoo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. characterized by indiscriminate mingling or involving intimate associations 2. indiscriminate or lacking selectivity 3. licentious or wanton   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was warned to be wary of promiscuous women at the party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Amanda Knox "hated" her British room mate Meredith Kercher and murdered her in "an unstoppable crescendo of violence" for suggesting that she was promiscuous and slovenly, an Italian court has been told. The Telegraph, Amanda Knox killed Meredith Kercher in 'unstoppable crescendo of violence', Nick Squires, 20 November 2009.   tumid [ TOO-mid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. swollen or seeming to swell or affected by swelling 2. pompous or lofty in style or manner of speech or writing 3. bulging   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A cold compress was applied to his tumid ankle to ease the pain.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Meanwhile, the food at the Old Coastguard is less convincing, although my boy is happy enough with his tumid squid packed with chorizo and sprinkled with rocket leaves. The Telegraph, Are you ready to order? This week: Mousehole, Cornwall, Jan Moir, 26 March 2006.   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