Daily Wordlist 10-Oct-09

	10-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist rancorous [ RANG-ker-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. full of bitterness 2. resentful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rancorous youth was arrested while trying to damage public property.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Members of Congress will come back from their summer break in September to a plate full of health care reform -- that's if they survive the latest rancorous and sometimes violent town hall meetings. CNN, Analysis: Health care will run into spending bills after recess, Ed Hornick, 11 august 2009   renowned [ ri-NOUND ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. well-known 2. eminent 3. distinguished   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The school children sought out the renowned cricket players for their autograph.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   After Bonnie, 18, aligned herself with Made-By, a sustainable fashion organisation renowned for its good work around the word, Emma, 19, has announced that she will be releasing a clothing collection in collaboration with the ethical fashion label People Tree. The Telegraph, Emma Watson and Bonnie Wright are both ethics girls, Tim Walker, 21 September 2009   sanctimony [ SANGK-tuh'-moh-nee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. pretended righteousness 2. affected religious devotion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The people soon realised his sanctimony and forced him to leave town.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If the recent GOP scandals have proved anything, it is that neither party has a monopoly on virtue, but one has planted itself firmly at the corner of sanctimony and hypocrisy. CNN, Commentary: The politics of self destruction, Paul Begala, 7 July 2009   sever [ SEV-er ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cut off 2. (tr. v.) to separate of break off 3. (intr. v.) to become cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The accident victim and his severed hand were placed in the ambulance and rushed to the hospital.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A Hampshire boy who survived a racing crash which almost severed his head from his neck is back behind the wheel. BBC, 'Head sever' boy is back racing, 3 August 2009   soggy [ SOG-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) soaked 2. (adj.) damp 3. (adj.) dull   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ravenous children at the orphanage were happy to eat the soggy biscuits that were spoiled by the dampness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A small band of sailors are facing a summer of raging Arctic storms, cramped quarters and soggy clothes in their search for the human face of climate change. CNN, Sailing the Arctic to find the human face of climate change, Cameron Dueck, 9 Juny 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