Daily Wordlist 25-Sep-09

	25-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist mendacity [  men-DAS-i-tee  ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the inclination to be untruthful 2. (n.) dishonesty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mendacity resulted in him not being believed even when he spoke the truth.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most beguiling among those merchants of mendacity is none other than Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who has been peddling his wares at the Senate bazaar for more than four decades. CNN, Dobbs: New immigration plan ignores history's lessons, Lou Dobbs, 23 May 2007   mince [  mins  ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to show restrain in the use of harsh words for the sake of courtesy 2. (tr. v.) to chop into tiny pieces 3. (intr. v.) to walk with stiff short steps 4. (intr. v.) to speak in a stylish manner 4. (n.) food which has been cut into tiny pieces   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He often minced his words while speaking to his superiors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the A&E show "Confessions of a Matchmaker," Patti doesn't mince words when counseling single, divorced and widowed clients. CNN, Matchmaker's dating dos and don'ts, 3 March 2008   occluded [  uh'-KLOOD-id  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) obstructed or closed or shut off 2. (adj.) sorbed or retained in another substance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He couldn't think with his occluded mind owing to the recent bad happenings in his personal life.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It happened both when the object was "occluded", or hidden, and again at around the time the baby might expect the train to reappear from the tunnel. BBC, Brain scans 'reveal baby thoughts', 29 July 2003   palatial [  puh'-LEY-shuh'l  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) like a palace 2. (adj.) majestic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The rich man lived in a palatial villa surrounded by landscaped lawns.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most of our officials became owners of palatial houses and luxury vehicles soon after getting appointed. BBC, Afghans sceptical about elections, 25 July 2009   penitent [  PEN-i-tuh'nt  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) showing remorse for transgressions and willingness to make reparation 2. (n.) a repentant sinner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His penitent attitude finally won him forgiveness from his victim.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He looked at her with the unsure smile of a high school junior bracing himself to ask a girl one social notch above him to dance at the prom, his hands behind his back like a penitent child. CNN, Desperately searching for love 'Miss Wyoming', Douglas Coupland, 25 January 2000   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