Daily Wordlist 22-Oct-09

	22-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist reiterate [ ree-IT-uh'-reyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to state something over and over 2. to do or say something again   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police officer reiterated and assured the public that the bank robbers would be arrested before nightfall.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In his opening statement, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, reiterated his belief that the United States should first try to increase the number of Afghan troops and push allies to add trainers to do so, before considering adding more U.S. troops. CNN, Reassessing Obama's 'war of necessity', Kristi Keck, 16 Septembr 2009   rift [ rift ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a break in a friendly relationship 2. (n.) a narrow opening or fissure 3. (n.) the shallow portion of a canal 4. (tr. v.) to cause to crack 5. (intr. v.) to crack   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The row over the ancestral property caused a rift in the family.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Taylor confirmed that there has been no rift between the two, saying: "We haven't had a fall-out and there is no rift." BBC, Collymore denies rift with Taylor, 4 September 2000   sententious [ sen-TEN-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1.(adj.) relying excessively on the use of pithy sayings 3. (adj.) given to affected moralizing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the students remained unimpressed by the sententious speech of the professor.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   His delivery sank for a moment into sententious smoothness. BBC, Doctor Who | Ebooks | The Well-Mannered War, 23 September 2009   smolder [ SMOHL-der ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to burn slowly without a flame 2. (tr. v.)to be in a suppressed state 3. (tr. v.) to act with subdued feelings 4. (n.) thick smoke resulting from a slow burning fire   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They had piled up a lot of wood in the hope that the fire would smolder throughout the night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   That sounds like common sense, but a forgotten cigarette butt can smolder for hours, CNN, 'Stand by your pan' to avoid kitchen fires, expert says, Ruth Underwood, 14 November 2006   stigma [ STIG-muh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the mark of dishonour 2. the stain of shame   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After testing positive for HIV, he said that he did not want to live any longer because of the social stigma attached to the disease.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Nobody in a civilised society should have the burden of stigma added to the distress of coping with dementia, and everyone with the condition - not just the minority - should expect a quick diagnosis and a high level of support from health professionals. BBC, Dementia patients 'suffer stigma', Terry Pratchett, 6 October 2008   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