Daily Wordlist 21-Sep-09

	21-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist malinger [  muh'-LING-ger  ]   [ intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to pretend to be sick to avoid an unpleasant task   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He malingered in order to spare himself the ordeal of cleaning up his room.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They have brought in this tough policy to be kind to people who are genuinely ill and targets those who malinger. BBC, Trade unions welcome BA pay deal, 21 August 2004   meticulous [  muh'-TIK-yuh'-luh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) very particular about minute details 2. (adj.) pernickety   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The meticulous actor chose his clothes with care, especially when appearing before the media.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The accounting, which B'tselem says was based on "months of meticulous investigation and cross checks with numerous sources," is at odds with official numbers released by Israel. CNN, Rights group: Israeli offensive killed mostly civilians, Kvein Flower, 9 September 2009   mundane [  muhn-DEYN  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) worldly or earthly 2. (adj.) commonplace, unimaginary or ordinary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Mundane household chores barely left her with any time for herself.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Your life is most likely mundane and not glamorous or melodramatic like "Gossip Girl." CNN, 10 humor sites sure to make you LOL, Jordan Valinshy, 6 July 2009   ostentation [  os-ten-TEY-shuh'n  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) boastful 2. (n.) showiness or pretentiousness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lady was known for her ostentation; she completed even the simplest of tasks with a dramatic flair.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Libya is providing much of the funding for the occasion, putting the Togolese in a weak position to complain about Colonel Gaddafi's ostentation. BBC, Gaddafi steals Lome limelight, 10 July, 2000   paradigm [  PAR-uh'-dahym  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) something that serves as a standard pattern or role model 2. (n.) an arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word in sequence   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The changes introduced changed the paradigm for the better.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Perhaps most importantly, though, is the simple fact that we have no other choice but to move toward a new paradigm for water. BBC, Water policies suffer sinking feeling, Brian Richter, 18 August 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