Daily Wordlist 29-Oct-09

29-Oct-09 Daily Wordlist sublime [ suh'-BLAHYM ]   [ noun, verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) absolute or sheer 2. (adj.) high or grand in thought 3. (adj.) stir the mind with a sense of grandeur 4. (n.) the quality of the greatest 5. to convert a solid into vapour by heating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The young executive impressed everyone at the meeting with his sublime acumen and knowledge of the intricacies of the management process.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lovely chap and fine reading as well humorous with a sublime scepticism along the route. BBC, Darwin comes to town, Charles Darwin, 23 February 2009   superfluous [ soo'-PUR-floo-uh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. being excessive and not required 2. redundant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hair dresser cut off the superfluous hair in order to give the hair a 'v' shape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It seems superfluous to mention the storm, everybody went through it, mine is only one tale of it amongst many. BBC, More Storm Tales, 11 November 2007   synopsis [ si-NOP-sis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a condensed statement on a topic 2. a summary or a brief version   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the students were told to write a synopsis of the lecture and submit it the following day.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   An eight-page synopsis of the allegations against the 17 men and boys was given to defense lawyers Tuesday. CNN, Lawyer: Government says terror plans included beheading, 7 June 2006,   tenacity [ tuh'-NAS-i-tee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the quality of being persistent 2. perseverance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His tenacity finally paid off when he passed the exam of the law board on the fifth attempt.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The fact that this is not just a flash in the pan is shown by the unanimity of purpose, tenacity and the discipline of the participants. The Telegraph, World War 2: Czechs rise against Nazis, 21 september 2009   trickle [ TRIK-uh'l ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to flow very slowly 2.(intr. v.) to pass very slowly 3. (tr. v.) to cause to flow slowly 4. (n.) the condition of flowing slowly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Water trickled out of the faucet.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Men vastly outnumbered women, though a trickle of female voters dressed in bright blue burkas and headscarves lined up throughout the day. CNN, Afghan count begins in tents, Ivan Watson, 20 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