Daily Wordlist 11-Nov-09

	11-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist apathy [ AP-uh'-thee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the state of being emotionless 2. an absence of feelings   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The apathy of the public towards the elections was due to the fact that all the candidates in that constituency had criminal records.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The way teenagers and laid-off adults behave are similar, especially the apathy, confusion, and anger over feeling like an outcast. CNN, He's laid off, you're not -- so now what? John DeVore, 1 June 2009.   astral [ AS-truh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to or originating from the stars 2. an all pervading super sensible aura that takes the form of a body outside and parallel to the existing one   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The visible fact of the Sun's movement against the astral background was used to configure the calendar.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Pope John Paul, a keen astral watcher, will have a bird's eye view of the eclipse as he flies by helicopter from the Vatican to his summer residence south of Rome. CNN, Last 20th century eclipse sweeps into clouds, 11 August 1999.   billow [ BIL-oh ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to surge or swell out 2. (tr. v.) to cause to rise 3. (n.) a great wave or surging mass   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Smoke from the bonfire billowed upwards.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I saw a small billow of smoke, then the fireworks started going off. BBC, Army fights fireworks blaze, 14 November 2002.   canter [ KAN-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1.(n.) the smooth easy gait of a running horse 2. (intr. v.) to ride a horse at an easy pace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jockeys mounted their horses and cantered around the paddock before heading to the starting gates.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is because they persist in thinking, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that all people who own horses are filthy-rich Hooray Henrys who deserve every draconian regulation that hits them as they canter over the meadows of their gated estates. The Telegraph, Labour's 'hoof tax' is riding roughshod over the countryside, Melissa Kite, 22 October 2009.   cringe [ krinj ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to cower or shrink back 2. (tr.v.) to fawn 3. (n.) an instance of cringing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The puppy cringed and ran under the bed when the fire cracker exploded.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US president has a threshold of tolerance for anti-American thugs that would make even Jimmy Carter cringe. The Telegraph, Donald Trump should fire Gaddafi, Nile Garginer, 23 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