Daily Wordlist 22-Sep-09

22-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist malleable [  MAL-ee-uh'-buh'l  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) able to be fashioned by beating 2. (adj.) manageable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Metals are said to be malleable as we can easily flatten them into sheets.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   According to one hypothesis, these bulges are the result of Earth's gravity tugging on the moon during the early years following its cataclysmic formation, when its surface was still molten and malleable. CNN, Searching for the 'Man in the Moon', Ker Than, 10 February 2006   mettle [  MET-l  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a natural quality of spirit that enables a person to face danger bravely   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The fitness trainer believed that the boy had the mettle to take up bungee jumping.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We can only hope the Conservatives have the mettle to take on a challenge that Labour has so shamefully shirked. The Telegraph, Words alone will never win a fight against crime, 25 August 2009   nonchalant [  non-shuh'-LAHNT, NON-shuh'-lahnt  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) casual 2. (adj.) unconcerned or indifferent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Even though he was scared to death, he kept a nonchalant look on his face to avoid getting caught.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   So for example, we sometimes in English refer to a 'Gallic shrug' to describe a nonchalant Frenchman. BBC, Roll over Roget, Peter Jackson, 8 July 2009   ostracism [  OS-truh'-siz-uh'm  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) banishment 2. (n.) disgrace or exclusion from a group by popular vote 2. (n.) (ancient Greece) temporary banishment by means of popular vote   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The ostracism he faced at work because he belonged to a particular caste was, indeed, shameful.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Any disagreement invites not debate, but ostracism for the dissentient. BBC, Culture and Anarchy Revisited 3: On Liberal Practitioners, Simon Heffer, 29 June 2003   parenthesis [  puh'-REN-thuh'-sis  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) quotation marks 2. (n.) a remark which deviates from the theme of a dialogue 3. (n.) a disruption of continuity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His incorrect usage of parenthesis lost him quite a few marks.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Ohuruogu's name will always carry a parenthesis. The Telegraph, 2008 Olympic 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu fitting choice for London 2012, Simon Hart, 19 August 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