Daily Wordlist 30-Sep-09

	30-Sep-09 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist petrous [ PE-truh's  ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to that part of the temporal bone which is hard and solid 2. as hard as stone or as solid as a rock   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was involved in such a bad crash that the only part of a bone he did not break in his body was the petrous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone derive from the periotic bone, formed from the fusion of a number of bones surrounding the ear of reptiles. Wikipedia, Temporal bone, 9 September 2009   plod [ plod ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to walk with great difficulty 2. (intr. v.) to persevere with difficulty 3. to walk along with a laborious gait 4. (n.) the act of walking slowly and heavily 5. (n.) the sound of a heavy footfall   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After his accident, he plodded around the house with unsteady steps.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Neither as successful as his backers claim, nor as unpopular as his opponents hope, the President plods on with his domestic agenda, frustrating those who want him to be more assertive, confounding those who think he's about to stumble The Telegraph, Do Americans share Obama's dream? Justin Webb, 7 August 2009   precepts [ PREE-sept ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a commandment 2. a procedure to be adhered to as a rule   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The King expected all of his ministers to follow all the precepts laid down by him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the end, both of them found whatever moral precepts they still clung to being torn out of their hands. The Telegraph, TV review: Occupation (BBC One) - The Secret Life of the Airport (BBC Four), John Preston, 19 June 2009   procrastination [ proh-KRAS-tuh'-ney-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. the act of putting of until later 2. an unnecessary postponement   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was unprepared when the exams started because of his procrastination.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Apart from these explicit contracts, research shows that people often lose money because of procrastination and self-control issues. CNN, Putting a price on procrastination, Elizabeth Landau, 30 December 2008   provisional [ pruh'-VIZH-uh'-nl ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.)used as a temporary measure 2. (adj.)conditional acceptance of a temporary measure 3. (n.) a person employed for the time being 4. (n.) a temporary postage stamp in use pending the release of the official stamp.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   These are the provisional figures of the company's performance over the past month.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Provisional data released on Wednesday showed that shipments in July fell 36.5 per cent by value year-on-year, outpacing the 35.7 per cent decline in June. CNN, Decline in Japanese exports accelerates, Justine Lau, 26 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