Daily Wordlist 31-Oct-09

	31-Oct-09 Daily Wordlist subpoena [ suh'-PEE-nuh' ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the court order summoning a witness to appear or for the presenting of documents in evidence 2. (v.) the issuing of a court order   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was served a subpoena to appear in court the following Monday.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Investigators looking into steroid use by professional baseball players obtained search warrants and subpoenas for the drug tests results on 10 major league players, but they took the results on 104 players. CNN, Feds seizure of baseball players' drug tests ruled illegal, Alan Duke, 27 August 2009   supersede [ soo-per-SEED ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to replace something inferior 2. to set aside or displace   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The research department invented a new processor which superseded the old one.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A Lib Dem spokesman said the party's "best practice" manual had now been superseded and was "commenting on a system that no longer exists". The Telegraph, Lib Dems tutored MPs on how to exploit their expenses, Ed Howker, 26 September 2009   tamp [ tamp ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to force into or down by tapping 2. to pack a drill hole with clay after the explosive has been inserted   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the explosive was set in the hole and the opening was tamped down with clay all the miners vacated the blast area.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He tamped down the tobacco with a stained finger. BBC, Where I Live: Nottingham, Mike Soar, 3 October 2009,   thrift [ thrift ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. judicious use of money 2. the vigorous growth of a plant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He had to resort to thrift to take care of his family as he was not earning much.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Obama stuck to a fairly short list of priorities while invoking traditional American values of responsibility, hard work and thrift to pound home a back-to-basics message. CNN, Analysis: Obama takes 'morning in America' mantle, Alan Silverleib, 25 February 2009   truce [ troos ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a cease-fire 2. a peace treaty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Peace talks were underway and everyone hoped that the truce would be permanent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The main armed rebel group in oil-rich southern Nigeria has said it was prolonging by 30 days its truce which expired at midnight. The Telegraph, Nigerian rebel group extends ceasefire, 16 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