Daily Wordlist 22-Dec-09

	22-Dec-09 Daily Wordlist dossier [ DOS-ee-ey; Fr. daw-SEYE ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a file of documents on a particular subject 2. a collection or a complete file containing details about a person or subject   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The incriminating dossier of the company had mysteriously disappeared.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lawyers for the last man to be sentenced to death in Northern Ireland are to seek access to a secret dossier in a bid to overturn his conviction. BBC, Last death sentence man appeals, 16 November 2009.   gobble [ GOB-uh'l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to eat greedily 2. (intr. v.) to eat quickly and greedily 3. (intr. v.) to utter a guttural, chortling sound like a male turkey   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hungry urchins gobbled up the food they were given and then asked for more.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannise their teachers. The Telegraph, You need to look beyond our 'hoodies', Indira Lenon, 23 September 2009.   germinal [ JUR-muh'-nl ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. occurring in the earliest stage of development 2. relating to a germ or germs or germ cell   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They were provided with a germinal concept and had to build a plan of action around it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We surmise that cells of the adult forebrain germinal zone might be potential candidate cells to be transplanted for the replacement of non-renewable hair cells. The Telegraph, Brain stem cells could be transplanted to cure hearing loss, say scientists, Richard Alleyne, 8 December 2008.   enrapture [ en-RAP-cher ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to fill with delight 2. (tr. v.) to enchant 3. (tr. v.) to enthrall or entrance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The audience was enraptured by the stellar performance of the Russian Ballet troupe.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   By the end of the evening they had most of the crowd squeezed onto the dance floor enraptured by the performance. BBC, The Dr Teeth Big Band, 4 December 2009.   tureen [ too'-REEN ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a large covered bowl used for serving soup or stew 2. a large and deep dish which has a cover   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The butler served the guests with soup from a huge tureen.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Silver platters of sushi, cold meats and delicately cut sandwiches were constantly replenished, along with tureens of beef and broccoli, grilled salmon or scallops. The Telegraph, 'Celebrating' Kim Jong-il's birthday, Julian Ryall, 13 February 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