Daily Wordlist 12-Nov-09

	12-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist whimsy [ HWIM-zee, WIM- ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having fanciful notions 2. (adj.) having a capricious nature 3. (adj.) changeable or impulsive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The psychiatrist said that there was no cause for worry as all normal children had whimsy tendencies.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bearing this in mind, you would not expect Sky to entrust their football presentation to someone who might undermine their great product with whimsy or contentious points of view and they don't. Telegraph, Des Lynam: Richard Keys unlocks drama of Liverpool v Manchester United on Sky, Des Lynam, 27 October 2009.   feral [ FEER-uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) wildlike or having gone back to a wild state 2. (adj.) causing death   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tame circus lion became a feral animal upon its release into the jungle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the television, in video games, and on the news – this week, we saw CCTV images of five women attacking a stranger in Grimsby – the sight of people acting like feral animals no longer has the power to shock. The Telegraph, The everyday, casual violence that assaults our senses, Byrony Gordon, 23 October 2009.   digression [ di-GRESH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of turning off the path or straying 2. (n.) a passage that deviates from the central theme   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The candidates were warned that digression from the given topic for the group discussion would result in a loss of points.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He's patient, firm but fair and recognizes that digression can impart more valuable learning than any lesson plan. CNN, Review: 'The Class' has grace to spare, Tom Charity, 30 January 2009.   concerted [ kuh'n-SUR-tid ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) planned or agreed upon 2. (adj.) executed together 3. (adj.) music arranged in parts for voices or instruments   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The concerted efforts made by the company to recover the losses of the previous quarter were successful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This kind of concerted action, along with more consumer-led campaigns to support local town centres, could mean the comeback of the High Street is just around the corner. BBC, How the recession has changed your High Street, Tom Geoghegan , 22 October 2009.   swathe [ swoth ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to wrap 2. (tr. v.) to envelop 3. (tr. v.) to bandage 4. (n.) a bandage or wrapping cloth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He swathed his hand with a cloth and plunged it into the embers to recover the antique medallion that had fallen in the fire.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Television footage showed firemen with rescue dogs searching through a swathe of rubble amid houses destroyed by the large blast. BBC, Brazil fireworks blast kills two, 25 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