Daily Wordlist 10-Nov-09

	10-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist antler [ ANT-ler ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a horn of an animal of the deer family   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers collect and use the deer antlers which they find in the forest to make carved trinkets.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Male deer of all species grow and shed new antlers each year – in this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope – these are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance. BBC, Deer.   assert [ uh'-SURT ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to assure or affirm 2. to state with confidence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lad asserted his innocence before the community by saying that all poor people are not thieves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One draft also asserted that Britain's record towards Jews fleeing the Nazi regime was "positively shameful in some respects". The Telegraph, Immigrant crime fear airbrushed from Government report, Tom Whitehead, 27 October 2009.   bicker [ BIK-er ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to take part in a petty argument 2. (intr. v.) to flicker 3. (n.) a petty quarrel   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They bickered over which channel to watch on television.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The United Nations can either be a place where we bicker about outdated grievances or forge common ground, a place where we focus on what drives us apart or what brings us together, a place where we indulge tyranny or a source of moral authority. CNN, Transcript: Obama addresses U.N. General Assembly,   candor [ KAN-der ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being frank 2. open sincerity 3. honesty or fairness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the town's folk were impressed by his candor and wanted him to run for Mayor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I think that kind of candor clears away some of the debris that has stood in the way of progress, and our hope is that now we can take advantage of that. CNN, Israeli PM promises peace speech, 7 June 2009.   cosmic [ KOZ-mik ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos 2. pertaining to the regions of the Universe outside the Earth 3. vast or infinitely extended   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The plot of the book revolved around the cosmic laws and how the protagonist used those very laws to outwit the villain and his cronies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The devotees may well be blissfully unaware of that, keeping their minds firmly fixed on cosmic forces of the spiritual kind. CNN, Quick Guide & Transcript: UK teen breaks transatlantic record, Hindus gather at the Ganges, 4 January 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