Daily Wordlist 20-Oct-09

	20-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist redeem [ ri-DEEM ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to recover possession of by paying the dues 2. to pay off 3. to save from sins 4. to make up for 5. to tender in exchange for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As soon as he got his salary, he redeemed his property from the money-lender.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Last week, RBS failed to redeem £950m of subordinated debt under instruction from the Financial Services Authority, which was itself responding to European regulatory demands. The Telegraph, Lloyds and RBS dealt new blow by Moody's downgrade, Philip Aldrick, 9 September 2009   reticent [ RET-uh'-suh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. reserved and uncommunicative 2. prone to keep one's opinions and private affairs to oneself   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The reticent man shared his feelings with no one but his precious diary.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Famously reticent about explaining the meaning of his plays, Beckett found other ways to inspire actors, and was one of the most unusual and particular directors of his time. BBC, Beckett and His Actors, 9 April 2006   scurvy [ SKUR-vee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a sickness caused by a deficient intake of vitamin C   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many of the crew were stricken with scurvy because the captain of the ship did not care to provide his crew with a proper diet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A spokeswoman for the U.N.-affiliated group said doctors were still not completely clear about the outbreak, but now believe it to be scurvy with a secondary infection. CNN, Scurvy likely cause of Afghanistan outbreak, 8 March 2002   slate [ sleyt ]   [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a fine grained rock that splits into layers 2. (n.) a record of previous activities 3. a dark bluish grey colour 4. (tr. v.) to cover with layers of rock 5. (tr. v.) to schedule 6. (adj.) made out of layers of fine grained rock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The slate from the quarry is used to make heat resistant roof tiles.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Slate is formed when mud with high levels of clay was compacted and squeezed at high temperature during continental shifts some 300-400 million years ago. BBC, Slate mining in Wales   steeply [ steep-lee ]   [ adverb ]   MEANING :   1. In the manner of a sharp incline 2. In a precipitous way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We followed the trail until we came to a hill that ascended too steeply to climb without proper equipment.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The US Open Centre Court is very imposing and is one of the most steeply banked in the world, so it's like a cauldron, he says. BBC, Why are tennis players so badly behaved? 14 September 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