Daily Wordlist 13-Sep-09

13-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist infuriate [ v. in-FYOO'R-ee-eyt; adj. in-FYOO'r-ee-it ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cause to be very angry 2. (adj.) enraged 3. (adj.) marked by extreme anger   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His repeated pestering infuriated all his colleagues.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Advertising has again this year shown its power to inspire and infuriate. BBC, Ad Breakdown's pick of 2006, 1 January 2007.   inveterate [ in-VET-er-it ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. habitual 2. set in the way of doing something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The inveterate liar told lies for the most insignificant of reasons.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We especially like the inclusion of text explanations along the bottom, although, being inveterate nitpickers, we did detect some mistakes. CNN, Review: Solid picture, good price from Westinghouse TV, David Katzmaier, 23 August 2007   latent [ LEYT-nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. existing but not able to be seen 2. an undeveloped stage   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His latent talent came to light during the competition, much to the chagrin of his opponents.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Forget the football pitch – there's nothing quite like quarterly growth statistics to bring out the latent nationalism of Europeans. The Telegraph, Germany's rapid recovery might be a mirage, Jeremy Warner, 14 August 2009   libel [ LAHY-buh'l ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. slander in any form other than by speech and actions 2. the act of publishing defamatory material 3. the written statement of a plaintiff in a legal matter   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He sued the rich businessman for libel after the businessman made a statement against him in an interview.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   L'Unita is the fourth newspaper to be sued for libel by the billionaire prime minister. The Telegraph, Berlusconi to give evidence in court against impotency claims, Nick Squires, 6 September 2009   lustrous [ LUHS-truh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. shining 2. well-known   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mobile handset was sleek and had a lustrous, metallic body.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A rising generation, meanwhile, knows the carnage and chaos only as a distant childhood distraction, and, for them, a lustrous science- and technology-driven future beckons. CNN, Author illuminates a forgotten corner of history, Christopher Shea, 7 February 2000   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