Daily Wordlist 13-Nov-09

	13-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist artless [ AHRT-lis ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) lacking art or skill 2. (adj.) natural or not artificial 3. (adj.) without craftiness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The critic humorously commented that the artist had an artless temperament.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Structure was thrown out of the window, replaced by a shambolic, yet magical, rollercoaster ride of artless hedonism. BBC, Bedtime for Gonzo? Andrew Walker, 24 February 2005.   jocund [ JOK-uh'nd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) cheerful or joyful 2. (adj.) lighthearted in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We had a jocund evening with everyone taking turns at narrating amusing anecdotes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In Italian, Giocondo also means light-hearted, as in jocund in English. BBC, Faces of the week, 29 September 2006.   soothsayer [ SOOTH-sey-er ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who declares that he can predict the future 2. (n.) anyone who makes predictions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The soothsayer thrived due to the gullibility of the villagers.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mother Shipton was a renowned soothsayer who published many predictions for centuries ahead of time. The Telegraph, Mother Shipton's Cave for sale at £1.8m, 7 September 2009.   dismember [ dis-MEM-ber ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to separate limb from limb 2. (tr. v.) to mutilate by cutting into separate parts 3. (tr. v.) to take apart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer said that there was no evidence to indicate that the body was dismembered.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A man whose dismembered body was found in five countryside locations died of a stab wound to the back, police said today. The Telegraph, Dismembered man died of stab wound to the back, Sarah Knapton, 14 April 2009.   lookout [ LOO'K-out ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the act of keeping watch 2. (n.) a person who keeps watch 3. (n.) an object of concern   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thief was always on the lookout for gullible-looking people whom he would later make his victims.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And state officials are warning swimmers to be on the lookout for sharks. CNN, Student News Transcript: 8 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