| | 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 | | | |
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