Daily Wordlist 14-Oct-09

	14-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist rebuff [ n. ri-BUHF, REE-buhf; v. ri-BUHF ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a blunt rejection or refusal 2. (n.) an obstruction to progress 3. (tr. v.) to reject directly 4. (tr. v.)to force to retreat   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The defendant's application for acquittal received a rebuff from the judge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The man, named locally as Peter Brown, was turned away and also rebuffed moments later when he tried to convince someone else to go drinking with him. The Telegraph, Jockey fire death: man arrested had 'been refused entry to party', Nick Britten and Ian Johnston, 7 September 2009   reprobate [ REP-ruh'-beyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person without any sense of right or wrong 2. (n.) a person doomed or without hope of being saved 3. (adj.) without principles of right and wrong 4. (tr. v.) to reject or condemn   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His election promise to the community was that he would endeavour to convert hardened reprobates into respectable law abiding citizens.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We sincerely believe and hope this reprobate should never be allowed into society again to cause this degree of pain and suffering to another family. BBC, Alicia's killer jailed for life, 2 August 2004   sash [ sash ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a band worn about the waist or over one shoulder 2. (n.) a frame in which panes are fixed 3. (tr. v.) to wear a band   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The captain of the school's football team wore a red sash at the parade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Just look at that silver 'warrior belt' in Waterhouse's 'Marianne', the gilded fringed sash worn by his 'Cleopatra', the rich colours of the velvet gown on 'Fair Rosamund'. The Telegraph, All the inspiration you need for Pre-Raphaelite style, Hilary Alexander, 22 July 2009   shun [ shuhn ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to purposely avoid 2. to keep away from   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They used to be friends but now they shun each other at every opportunity.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Also, some of sterling's weakness can be seen as the corollary of dollar strength, rather than a wholesale decision by international investors to shun sterling assets. BBC, Sterling shunned, Robert Peston, 24 October 2008   sponge [ spuhnj ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) any aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and siliceous internal skeleton 2. (n.) a piece of porous rubber or cellulose generally used for scrubbing 3. a person who lives at the expense of someone else 4. (tr. v.) to wipe or clean 5. (tr. v.) to absorb any liquid 6. (intr.v.) to fish for sponges   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The bath sponge was actually a living aquatic animal and not something manufactured out of synthetic plastic or rubber.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   All a sponge does is continuously pump water through its body and siphon out the minerals and nutrients. BBC, Rare sponge crab in marine park, 20 September 2006   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