Daily Wordlist 26-Sep-09

	26-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist variegate [  VAIR-ee-i-geyt, VAIR-i-geyt  ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to vary the appearance esp. by means of different colours 2. (tr. v.) to diversify or give variety to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The graphics expert variegated the same design by using different colours.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Patches of Saxifraga ligulata and Corydalis rutaefolia variegate the landscape here. KOASUA, Srinagar and its environs, Samsar Chand Koul   perfidy [ PER-fi-dee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. intentional breach of trust 2. an act of treachery 3. infidelity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cabinet of ministers agreed unanimously that the no perfidy must go unpunished.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Even if this occupation is quickly settled, it has exposed perfidy and dramatized justice, as did the sit-downs of the 1930s. CNN, Commentary: Chicago factory sit-in fits nation's mood, Nelson Lichtenstein And Christopher Phelps, 9 December 2008   perilous [ PER-uh'-luh' s ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. involving risk 2. dangerous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Their parents warned them against attempting the perilous journey.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It will also be perilous for British, American and other Nato forces in the country, where anger is still growing over last week's air strike on two hijacked fuel tankers that killed 90 people, with children among the many civilians dead and injured, in the northern Kunduz province. The Telegraph, Afghanistan election: poll tension rises, 6 September 2009   permeate [ PUR-mee-eyt ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to spread throughout 2. (tr. v.) to pass through the openings of a material 3. (intr. v.) to spread throughout or pass through something   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The smell of wet soil permeated through the air after the first showers of spring.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   If you want the flavour to permeate into the deepest parts of your cuts, such as skinned chicken legs, pierce or slash them with a sharp knife before marinating. BBC, Barbecue basics, Sybil Kapoor   perpetrate [ PUR-pi-treyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to do something 2. commit or perform an act (usually in the negative sense)   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The criminal perpetrated a string of hate crimes against the society at large.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In addition to increasing various agencies' preparedness for a seaborne radiological attack, Kelly said Tuesday's well-publicized drill was meant to deter those who would perpetrate such an attack. CNN, Terror drill off New York tests agencies against seaborne attack, Jason Kessler, 5 August 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