Daily Wordlist 23-Nov-09

	23-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist lexicographer [ lek-si-KOG-ruh'-fer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1.(n.) a person who compiles or edits a dictionary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A dedicated lexicographer had compiled a dictionary containing a million words.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A common rule of thumb among lexicographers is that a word should be spotted in at least five different sources over a period of five years. CNN, They're looking up 'Yankspeak' for the Oxford English Dictionary, William Weir, 5 July 2000.   scrimmage [ SKRIM-ij  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a vigorous struggle 2. (n.) a practice game 3. (n.) a skirmish 4. (intr. v.) to engage in a rough struggle   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some spectators said that the scrimmage was more like an arena full of battling gladiators.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   There were a few scrimmages in there but it didn't look as though they would score from anything but a set play. BBC, Crewe 0-0 Watford, 24 September 2005.   verbiage [ VUR-bee-ij ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an excess of words used in speech or writing 2. (n.) The style of expressing oneself in words   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The lecturer always resorted to fanciful verbiage when attempting to explain a point.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, the focus on "one of history's most disgusting and depraved monsters" does not stop the play becoming "an increasingly tedious torrent of florid verbiage". BBC, Mixed reviews for Dame Judi play, 19 March 2009.   sedate [ si-DEYT ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) calm or composed 2. (adj.) unperturbed by excitement 3. (tr. v.) to administer a sedative to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He seemed to be quite sedate at the moment though they say that he is a terror when excited.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She's hospitalized and sedated for days and weeks before her husband (Willem Dafoe), a therapist, insists she return home. CNN, Review: Von Trier's 'Antichrist' an atrocity, Tom Charity, 23 October 2009.   tedium [ TEE-dee-uh'm ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the quality of being wearisome 2. (n.) monotony or boredom   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She said that she enjoyed going out as it served to relieve the tedium of her daily household chores.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The tedium of the school curriculum is a major factor, with a quarter of those interviewed claiming to be "bored". The Telegraph, Dr James Le Fanu: young people and depression, Dr James Le Fanu, 28 October 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