Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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









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