Daily Wordlist 15-Oct-09

	15-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist recidivism [ ri-SID-uh'-viz-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. habitual relapse into criminal or antisocial behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Social workers are actively trying to guide and help former prisoners so as to reduce their tendency towards recidivism.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He joined the many men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent. CNN, Behind the Scenes: Life after San Quentin, Stan Willson, 1 June 2009   repudiate [ ri-PYOO-dee-eyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to refuse to accept as valid 2. to refuse to honour (a debt) 3. to turn one's back on   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The article in the daily newspaper repudiated all his claims of being a "good Samaritan".   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The interim government repudiates the characterization of the transfer of power as a coup. CNN, Despite setback, ousted Honduran president wants to return, 7 July 2009   satiate [ v. SEY-shee-eyt; adj. SEY-shee-it, -eyt ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to give more than required 2. to satisfy completely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The host was happy to see that all the guests were satiated after the sumptuous banquet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Your best bet is a snack that contains a little bit of carbohydrate, to give you an energy boost, with some protein to make you feel satiated. CNN, Celebrity diet tricks that work (and two that you should avoid), Hallie Levine Sklar, 9 December 2008   shunt [ shuhnt ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to push aside 2. (tr. v.) to move around or divert 3. (n.) the act of pushing aside 4. (n.) a railroad switch from one track to another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He edged up to the overturned car with his truck and shunted it off the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And the PAN has been overseeing a government that has shunted from one crisis to another, Pastor said. CNN, Sunday's Mexican elections are referendum on Calderon, Arthur Brice, 3 July 2009   spurious [ SPYOO'R-ee-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not from the claimed or original source 2. (adj.) fake or not genuine 3. (adj.) of illicit birth   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was arrested for manufacturing spurious drugs in his garage.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, the Human Rights Act has given rise to too many spurious rights. BBC, Tories to review Human Rights Act, 23 August 2004   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