Daily Wordlist 30-Oct-09

	30-Oct-09 Daily Wordlist submerge [ suh'b-MURJ ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to place below the surface of the water 2. (tr. v.) to be under water 3. (tr. v.) to hide from view 4. (intr. v.) to go below the surface as if underwater   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The buffaloes submerged themselves in the muddy water of the pond.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police and paramedics arrived to find James lying in a foetal position in the bath with his head submerged in the water. The Telegraph, Debt-ridden mother who drowned son detained under Mental Health Act, 2 October 2009   superimpose [ soo-per-im-POHZ ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to place something over something else 2. to print one image over another   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   When he superimposed one signature over the other it became evident that they were not the same.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In addition, he was the first to use "supers" -- captions and other written information superimposed on the lower third of the television screen, Klein said. CNN, '60 Minutes' creator Don Hewitt dies, 19 August 2009   tadpole [ tad-pohl ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a limbless aquatic larva of a frog 2. a stage in the development of a frog before the limbs start growing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   We went to the pond to catch some fish but only succeeded in catching tadpoles in our net.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But it just goes to show that studying animals like tadpoles, which may seem unusual, could lead to potential cancer drugs in the future. The Telegraph, Tadpoles 'could prevent skin cancer', 29 January 2009,   testiness [ TES-tee-nis ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a feeling of annoyance 2. irritability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A simple difference of opinion among friends escalated into an argument with testiness all around.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As the conflict entered its fourth week, testiness broke out all round. BBC, Cutting through the fog of war, Paul Adams, 30 October 2001   trifling [ TRAHY-fling ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having only a very little importance 2. (adj.) of small value or quantity 3. (n.) conduct which is frivolous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She started her acting career with a trifling role in a b-grade movie.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Judge Anthony Morris said: "The loss of his life over such a trifling dispute must be incomprehensible to his family." BBC, Drugs row killer jailed for life, 18 September 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