Daily Wordlist 14-Dec-09

	14-Dec-09 Daily Wordlist consensus [ kuh'n-SEN-suh's ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a general agreement 2. harmony of opinion   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They were unable to reach a consensus even after discussing the matter at length.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As head of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, Thune runs the weekly strategy session where all Senate Republicans try to find consensus on the best way to challenge President Obama and the Democratic majority. CNN, 'Regular guy' Thune is hot commodity in GOP circles, Dana Bash, 11 November 2009   cozen [ KUHZ-uh'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to trick or to mislead by means of fraud 2. (tr. v.) to induce someone to commit an act by coaxing 3. (intr. v.) to act deceitfully   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No matter how hard he tried he could not cozen the old couple to part with their property.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In candor's stead, we coax, cozen, and imply; we cloak our language in e-mail and conversation so we don't appear too blunt, too aggressive, too demanding. CNN, Just say what you want! Ellen Tien, 2 September 2008.   nip [ nip ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to pinch or bite 2. (tr. v.) to check the growth or development of 3. (intr. v.) to dart 4. (intr. v.) to take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor 5. (n.) a small quantity of liquor   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   While he was asleep, the rat nipped his toe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The RBA is recalibrating policy now that the big recession it feared was nipped in the bud by the happy combination of good luck and good management. CNN, Australia raises rates from 49-year low, 6 November 2009.   harass [ huh'-RAS, HAR-uh's ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to disturb or bother persistently 2. (tr. v.) to torment or persecute 3. (tr. v.) to exhaust by repeated attacks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lawyer told him that he should not harass his wife or the court would issue a restraining order against him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police officers, pressurised by diversity training, seem to feel duty bound to come down like a ton of bricks on people who express disagreement with the behaviour of some gay rights activists, and members of the public are left feeling harassed and frightened. The Telegraph, Ministers seem set on eroding yet another safeguard to our liberty, Philip Johnston, 16 November 2009.   acclivity [ uh'-KLIV-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a slope that goes upwards 2. an ascent 3. an incline that starts at the lower end and terminates at the higher end   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As we ascended the acclivity, we were passed by a farmer on his way down.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Day care centres incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria which cause infections of the respiratory system, say researchers. From Ireland, CIVIL PARISHES,   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