Daily Wordlist 11-Sep-09

	Daily Wordlist ineptitude [ in-EP-ti-tood, -tyood, i-NEP-  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the quality of being unskilful   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His ineptitude became apparent from the poor quality of his work.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are surrounded by monuments to the laziness, vanity and sheer ineptitude of bad architects; they form the stage set of our lives and – as long as there are clients happy to pay for dross and planners ready to grant it permission – one from which there is no escape. The Telegraph, Carbuncle Cup: the ugliest buildings in Britain, Ellis Woodman, 4 September 2009   intransigence [ in-TRAN-si-juh'n-se ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   the act of being inflexible   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His intransigence often got him into trouble with his employers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But Bill Schneider, a CNN senior political analyst, said that the intransigence could backfire on both parties. CNN, Partisan dispute divides Congress over energy legislation, Ted Barrett, 25 July 2008.   irrevocable [ i-REV-uh'-kuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. cannot be undone 2. cannot be changed   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Once submitted, the payment is irrevocable.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The path of non-violence is our irrevocable commitment and it is important that there be no departure at all from this path. BBC, Profile: The Dalai Lama, 25 February 2009   levee [ LEV-ee ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an embankment to prevent overflow 2. (n.) a jetty for ships to dock 3. (tr. v.) to provide with a barrier so as to prevent flooding   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers constructed a levee in order to prevent a flooding the village.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Flood waters entered Sitamarhi on Saturday when the Bagmati breached a levee at the village of Tilaktajpur. BBC, Flood affects thousands in India, 3 August 2009   luminary [ LOO-muh'-ner-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) natural objects in the sky 2. (n.) an object that emits light 3. (n.) a person who has achieved superiority 4. (n.) a person acts as a motivation to others 5. (adj.) pertaining to light   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The luminary glimmered in the dark night sky.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 60-page report, "A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover," made its sweeping recommendations following five months of hearings from thousands of people including space luminaries, science fiction writers and citizens. CNN, White House receives space vision report, Michael Coren, 16 June 2004   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