Daily Wordlist 21-Nov-09

21-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist indeterminate [ in-di-TUR-muh'-nit ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not definite or uncertain 2. (adj.) undecided or not established   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The real estate agent said that the land had indeterminate value as most of it was reclaimed marshland.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You may be tempted to eat that piece of salami of indeterminate age sitting in your refrigerator. CNN, If you had salmonella poisoning, would you know? Elizabeth Landau, 10 July 2008.   symmetry [ SIM-i-tree ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the correspondence in size and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane 2. (n.) beauty as a result of harmonious arrangement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The artist had sculpted the three sided figure with remarkable symmetry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His challenge was to bring in light and create symmetry -- essential to any Baroque work. CNN, Wine and history in wunderbar Wurzburg, Rick Steves, 18 May 2008.   swelter [ SWEL-ter ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to suffer oppressive heat 2. (tr. v.) to oppress with heat 4. (n.) a condition or state which is oppressively hot   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sergeant left his men in the desert so that they would swelter in the heat as a test of endurance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Southern Australian states have sweltered in temperatures well above 40C (104F), causing fires, and disruption to power, transport and medical services. The Telegraph, Night beach patrols as Australia swelters, 30 January 2009.   lancet [ LAN-sit ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small sharp-pointed surgical instrument for making incisions or pricks   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The doctor used a lancet to prick the patient's finger and drew a drop of blood for testing.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The documented high incidence of needle stick and sharps related injuries has created a need for safety devices such as safety lancets. MSEC, Diabetic Supplies & Products,   veto [ VEE-toh ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the power of one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the enactments of another branch 2. (n.) the exercising of the right to overrule the actions of another 3. (tr. v.) to reject a proposal or enactment by right 4. (tr. v.) to refuse permission or prohibit with authority   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The court's veto of the proposed law was severely criticised by the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The removal of more of our sovereignty is guaranteed by the ratchet effect of Lisbon, and the loss under it of so many of our vetos. Telegraph, When it comes to Europe, David Cameron is howling in the night, Simon Heffer, 10 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