Daily Wordlist 09-Oct-09

	09-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist ramify [ RAM-uh'-fahy ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to develop complexities 2. (intr. v.) to grow branches or branch out 3. (tr. v.) to separate into parts or branches   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inability to rush an accident victim to a hospital on time could ramify the loss of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The loss is terrible, and it will ramify through millions of lives. The Telegraph, This is the tempest long foretold, 12 September 2001   render [ REN-der ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make or perform 2. (tr. v.) to pay 3. (tr. v.)to pass a judgement (n.) a type of plaster used by masons to surface walls   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The full nelson is a dangerous hold that can render a man unconscious.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The virus is then rendered inactive and stored for the next part of the process. CNN, CNN Student News Transcript: September 17, 2009, 17 September 2009   salacious [ suh'-LEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. lecherous 2. promoting sexual desire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The salacious old man was arrested for indecent behaviour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They are thought to have asked to see the script to ensure the plot is not too salacious. The Telegraph, Film reignites Indian passions over Mountbatten affair, Dean Nelson, 18 September 2009   serration [ se-REY-shuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a saw-toothed edge 2. in the form of small sharp projections or sawlike   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jungle knife had serrations along one edge of the blade while the other edge was smooth and razor sharp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The serrations make gripping slippery prey, such as fish and frogs, much easier. BBC, Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)   sober [ SOH-ber ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) abstaining from drugs and alcohol 2. (adj.) a calm and quiet manner 3. (adj.) plain, straightforward not showy 4. (v.) to recover from an intoxicated state   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was the only sober person at the party and was amused by the display of drunken antics though he could not figure out why they were so desperately trying to make fools of themselves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Singer George Michael has said he was "stone cold sober" when he was arrested after a car crash. BBC, Michael 'sober' at crash arrest, 15 August 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