Daily Wordlist 11-Oct-09

	11-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist rant [ rant ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to speak in a heated or aggressive manner 2. (tr. v.) to speak with aggressiveness 3. (n.) an aggressive speech   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He ranted about the unfairness of the new regulations which affected only the lower class.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Officials at the game's ruling body issued the warning after launching an investigation into Kinnear's astonishing, X-rated rant at journalists during a press conference a fortnight ago. The Telegraph, Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear warned by FA over his foul-mouthed rant, Rob Stewart, 14 October 2008   repast [ ri-PAST ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a meal 2. (intr. v.) to eat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hikers stopped for a light repast at noon before continuing on their way.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It may not be their intention, but that leisurely repast keeps them out of the sun during the peak times for sun damage, which can lead to skin cancer. CNN, What your doctor doesn't have time to tell you, Sally Wadyka, 7 September 2009   sanction [ SANK-shuh'n ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the penalty for not adhering to certain rules 2. (n.) approval from an authority to do something 3. (tr. v.) to authorize or grant official approval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Security Council imposed sanctions against the country for harbouring terrorists.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When someone continuously breaks house rules, or perhaps posts one stonking great rule break, they receive a sanction of a period of time in premod. BBC, Ouch! It's a disability thing, 28 May 2009   severance [ SEV-er-uh'ns, SEV-ruh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of cutting off or chopping off 2. separation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king decreed that the severance of the traitor's head from his body be done by a guillotine.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Patch had died, just a few days after Henry Allingham, I felt an almost physical sensation of severance. The telegraph, We are still lost in the mystery of that war, Simon Heffer, 1 August 2009   soot [ soo't ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a black powdery substance resulting from incomplete combustion 2. (v.) to treat with soot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The little boy wanted to know how Santa Claus could climb down their chimney without getting dirty with soot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   One of the boys came out and he was full of soot. The Telegraph, Mother dies saving children from house fire, 18 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