Daily Wordlist 17-Dec-09

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	17-Dec-09 Daily Wordlist rue [ roo ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to feel regret 2. (tr. v.) to wish that something had never happened 3. (intr. v.) to feel sorrow 4. (n.) sorrow 5. (n.) a strongly scented plant of the genus Ruta   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The gangsters threatened to beat him up so severely that he would rue the day he was born.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It could have been better, it should have been better and we are rueing those missed chances. BBC, Jeffrey rues missed opportunities, 28 October 2009.   wangle [ WANG-guh'l ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to obtain by skilfulness 2. (tr. v.) to manipulate 3. (tr. v.) to get out of a difficulty 4. (intr. v.) to use indirect or tricky means 5. (n.) the act of obtaining by trickery   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She wangled the job as lobby manager by falsifying her resume.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, Jiang has already wangled a pledge out of his colleagues -- including heir-apparent Hu -- that he will remain the CCP's "leadership core" after the 16th Congress. CNN, China waits for 'real reform' to blossom, Willy Wo-Lap Lam, 8 October 2002.   reckon [ REK-uh'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to consider 2. (tr. v.) count or calculate 3. (intr. v.) to make a calculation 4. (tr. v.) to confidently rely upon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They reckoned they could get away with stealing the fruit because the vendor was taking a nap.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He reckons he'll not only miss them but the whole thing - from the early mornings to the Friday night showdowns! Madness... BBC, Daily Fame Academy update, 12 December 2002.   cloying [ KLOI-ing ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. causing or tending to cause disgust because of excess 2. causing aversion through excess 3. excessively ingratiating or sentimental   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cloying sweetness of her perfume succeeded in keeping men at bay.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Soon a cloying miasma of Cantal permeated its way up two flights of stairs into our attic bedroom where it delivered night after night of mildly harrowing dreams. CNN, Cycling the Tour de Cheese, Barry Neild, 27 August 2008.   disaffected [ dis-uh'-FEK-tid  ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) dissatisfied and disloyal 2. (adj.) rebellious 3. (tr. v.) to make dissatisfied and unfaithful or alienate the affection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many disaffected members of the ruling party joined forces with the opposition.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Irish National Liberation Army was formed in 1975, mainly from disaffected members of the IRA unhappy at a previous ceasefire. BBC, Who are the dissidents? 4 November 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