Daily Wordlist 23-Oct-09

	23-Oct-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist rejuvenation [ ri-JOO-vuh'-ney-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the process of becoming young again 2. the act of restoring vitality   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rejuvenation of the body could be achieved by drinking the elixir of life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In fiction, there is an increasing amount of work being done on possibilities of rejuvenation treatments, and the effect this would have on society. Wikipedia, Rejuvenation (aging)   rivet [ RIV-it ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a metal pin used to hold two or more plates in position 2. (tr. v.) to hold in place with rivets   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Rivets are used to hold in place the metal plates of an armoured vehicle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A hole is drilled through both pieces of work, the rivet placed through it, and its end beaten into a dome. BBC, Design and Technology   sere [ seer ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) completely dry or parched 2. (adj.) withered 3. (n.) a stage in a series of ecological communities from beginning to end   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sere pasture was the result of there being no rainfall in the area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What appears to be the sere grassland of Sub-saharan Africa in the dry season is actually a New England golf course in winter. The Urban Pantheist, Franklin Park, in too many pictures, 12 February 2007   snare [ snair ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a trap or device used to catch game 2. (v.) to trap   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We prepared a snare with rope bamboo sticks and a sack.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Once an animal is trapped in a snare it can suffer from dehydration, starvation and distress as well as being at a higher risk from other predators. BBC, Countryside 'cowboys' warned off, 18 November 2008   stigmatize [ STIG-muh'-tahyz  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to brand as dishonourable 2. to put the mark of shame upon   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parent said her child was stigmatized because the teacher said that he was dyslexic.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The wounded expressed concern that, at Fort Hood, they were stigmatized and treated as lesser Soldiers for being wounded, ill, or injured," the memo said. CNN, Memo outlines problems for wounded troops, Barbara Starr, 2 July 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