Daily Wordlist 09-Sep-09

	Daily Wordlist vigilant [ VIJ-uh'-luh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. watchful or alert very keenly 2. wary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The vigilant citizen managed to catch a sneaky thief who was trying to enter his neighbour's house.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   People in Oxfordshire have been urged to be vigilant after an increase in rural crime including killing wildlife and destroying crops. BBC, Vigilance urged over rural crime, 23 October 2008   vituperate [ vahy-TOO-puh'-reyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to revile, berate, rebuke or scold 2. (intr.v.) to scold harshly using abusive language   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was publicly vituperated by his boss for his errors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he publicly vituperated his father, the Prince of Wales was temporarily put under arrest. Wikipedia, George II of Great Britain   volubility [ VOL-yuh'-buh'l-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   fluency or articulateness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The candidate wasn't hired due to his lack of volubility of the English language.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When it was suggested that the phrase was out of favour before Mr Brown's last Washington visit, he and President Bush developed special relationship volubility, spouting the phrase six times in two minutes during their Rose Garden double act. The Telegraph, Just how special will the relationship between Barack Obama and Gordon Brown be? Tim Shipman, 1 March 2009   writ [ rit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. an order issued in writing in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer ordering the one to whom it is directed to refrain from performing or to perform an act that is specified therein 2. a document or writing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A libel writ was issued against the magazine for publishing unauthorised content.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   During the past year, the court services bureau says it has been tasked every day with serving nearly 800 ``writs'' -- orders from judges for everything from subpoenas to summons to evictions. The Herald, Miami-Dade detectives forced to fill staffing gaps, serve court orders, 30 August 2009   introspection [ in-truh'-SPEK-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n) the act of examining one's conscience   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His indulgent parents gifted him with a Ferrari.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There was a strong mood of support for the Prime Minister in the Parliamentary Labour Party and of an overwhelming desire to end the period of introspection. The Telegraph, Gordon Brown's new cabinet meets as he agrees to be 'more collegiate', John Bingham, 9 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