Daily Wordlist 25-Nov-09

	25-Nov-09 Daily Wordlist antecede [ an-tuh'-SEED ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to precede 2. (tr. v.) to occur before in order or rank or time   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The teacher explained that it was adolescence which anteceded adulthood and not the other way around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The a priori methods of respectable philosophy are wholly distinct from the experimental and hypothetico-deductive methods of the natural sciences, and the results of philosophy logically antecede the empirical discoveries of science. The Oxford University Press, PASSING BY THE NATURALISTIC TURN: ON QUINE'S CUL-DE-SAC, P.M.S. Hacker, 25 November 2008.   loft [ lawft, loft ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an attic or storage area above a room 2. (n.) a gallery or upper level in a hall 3. (tr. v.) to store in a loft 4. (tr. v.) to propel a ball in a high arc 5. (intr. v.) to rise high into the air   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The loft was full of stuff that might come in handy some day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A 17-year-old has described how the gun allegedly used to kill Rhys Jones was hidden in the loft of his house. BBC, Rhys weapon 'was hidden in loft', 23 October 2008.   entail [ v. en-TEYL; n. en-TEYL, EN-teyl ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to impose or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence 2. (tr. v.) To limit inheritance of (property) to a chosen succession of heirs 3. (n.) a predetermined order of succession   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Success in the examination entails sincere studying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It is thought that some challenges on the programme will entail pushing a button to stop a clock. The Telegraph, Ant and Dec sign £20m game show deal, 6 November 2009.   slacken [ SLAK-uh'n ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to make or become looser or less taut 2. (tr. v.) to make or become less active   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the recession demand for items like cement and steel slackened.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mr Rogge emphasised that the Greeks must not slacken their pace. BBC, Greeks told to keep on running, 2 May 2001.   geriatrics [ jer-ee-A-triks ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the branch of medicine dealing with the debilities and care of old people2.(adj.) pertaining to old age   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The home for the aged was in need of a doctor who had specialized in geriatrics.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We also want to thrash out the board's idea of employing a geriatrics consultant which I believe would come from Swansea. BBC, Staff crisis shuts hospital ward, 23 October 2003.   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