Daily Wordlist 19-Sep-09

	19-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist malevolence [  muh'-LEV-uh'-luh'ns  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1, (n.) spitefulness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He spoke with utmost malevolence when he challenged the champion for a rematch.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is far easier for them to contain domestic dissent over a poorly performing economy and restricted personal freedoms when they can frighten their citizens by invoking a malevolent threat from outside. CNN, Analysis: Why is Iran so upset with Britain? Robin Oakley, 23 June 2009   mercurial [  mer-KYOO'R-ee-uh'l  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(adj.) unpredictable 2. (adj.) energetic 3. (adj.) of or relating to mercury(a metallic element) 4. (n.) a drug or chemical containing mercury   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mercurial tendencies often resulted in delayed projects.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The 41-year-old, who was one of the country's most mercurial cricketing talents, was criticised by the judge for being motivated by greed and making a "cowardly attempt to evade justice" as he was found guilty at Croydon Crown Court. The Telegraph, Chris Lewis, former England cricketer, jailed for 13 years for cocaine smuggling, Richard Edwards, 21 May 2009   misogynist [  mi-SOJ-uh'-nest  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who detests or hates women 2. (adj.) characterised by a feeling of hatred towards women   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He turned into a misogynist after his wife left him for another man.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Suddenly Mitch is a raving misogynist who has wandered into this movie from the set of a Neil LaBute film. CNN, Review: 'Enough' is too much of a bad thing, Paul Clinton, 24 May 2002   odium [  OH-dee-uh'm  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) detestation or extreme hatred 2. (n.) opprobrium or disgrace that has been brought upon oneself by a hateful action   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The extremist leader brought public odium upon himself by delivering a blasphemous speech.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The vast majority of these people want nothing more than the American dream of working hard, making money, spending money, educating their kids, and living in peace and protection from the odium of governments that are not free. CNN, Your e-mails: Answers on immigration, 16 May 2006   palliate [  PAL-ee-eyt  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make a misdeed seem less severe 2. (tr. v.) to relieve the symptoms of an illness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He palliated his errors by getting rid of half the evidence.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By the year 2020 cancer survivors will be living in these houses as a result of implemention of integrated treatment by oncologists and bone marrow transplanters to indeed cure instead of palliate and provide freedom of life instead of capture by disease. CNN, Just Imagine - Living Space: Your views, 27 November 2007   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