Daily Wordlist 10-Sep-09

	Daily Wordlist inept [ in-EPT ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   not having the ability to perform a certain job   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The editor deeply regretted choosing the inept journalist to complete the task.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Since running as Senator John McCain's vice-presidential candidate, senior campaign officials have described her as inept, ignorant and egocentric. The Telegraph, Sarah Palin's presidential hopes crushed as Levi Johnston claims she can't even shoot a gun, Alex Spillius, 2 September 2009   intersperse [ in-ter-SPURS ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. intermingle 2. arrange with spaces between   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lengthy television soap was, thankfully, interspersed with a number of advertisements from time to time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Intersperse general conversation with quotes from obscure texts. BBC, Back of Beyond, 10 January 2006.   irksome [ URK-suh'm ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. irritating 2. bothersome   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the people found his habit of spying on his neighbours very irksome.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The president seems to find the Russian media's tendency to highlight his treatment of the Belarusian opposition particularly irksome. BBC, Russia protests over Belarus TV closure, 24 July, 2004   legacy [ LEG-uh'-see ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) heritage 2. (n.) money or property left for another by a will 3.(adj.) Relating to computer periphery or data that is outmoded.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After his death, the legacy was passed on to his two children.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 'new stadium' concept represents the very opportunity to meet FIFA requirements, provide a magnificent legacy for Rushcliffe and Greater Nottingham, but at the same time recognising the sensitivities and concerns of local communities. The Telegraph, Nottingham Forest hope new ground will stage 2018 World Cup matches, 7 September 2009   lumber [ LUHM-ber ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) logs of wood sawed into boards, planks, or other structural pieces 2. (n.) something of no use 3. (n.) an assortment of stored items 4. (tr v.) to fell trees and saw them into suitable pieces 5. (tr.v.) to make a disorderly mess of unused items 6. (intr.v.) to cut and prepare logs of wood for marketing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lumber cam from trees in the nearby forest area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In what had once been an isolated lumber and mill town, high-end restaurants and brewhouses opened. BBC, Economic crash in Oregon boomtown, Adam Brookes, 4 September 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