Daily Wordlist 03-Jan-10

	03-Jan-10 Daily Wordlist ruddy [ RUHD-ee ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a fresh and healthy red colour 2. rosy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   All the children at the hill station had a ruddy complexion.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   You'll see teenagers -- already working on ruddy beer-glow cheeks -- roll kegs up the streets and into the pubs in preparation for another night of music and craic (fun conversation and atmosphere). CNN, The Dingle Peninsula: Escape to pure Ireland, Rick Steves, 25 March 2009.   shyster [ SHAHY-ster ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a lawyer who uses unethical or unscrupulous methods 2. a person who indulges in petty or questionable practices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They did not have enough money to engage a good lawyer and, so, ended up hiring a shyster.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Richard Gere is the definitive shyster, doing what he does best - being smarmy. BBC, Chicago (2002), Stella Papamichael, 26 December 2002   capacious [ kuh'-PEY-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. having great capacity 2. spacious or roomy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The capacious stadium can seat ten thousand spectators.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Winter weekends are easily capacious enough to hold two fabulous entertainment shows – so why force a hungry public to choose? The Telegraph, Strictly Come Dancing doesn't have that X factor for me to switch, Becky Pugh, 10 September 2009.   groove [ groov ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a channel or long narrow furrow 2. (n.) the spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to move along 3. (tr. v.) to make a groove or grooves in 4. (tr. v.) to throw the ball over the middle of the home plate 5. (intr. v.) to react or interact harmoniously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The carpenter was making grooves in the planks so that they could fit together.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Healthy nails are smooth, without ridges or grooves. CNN, Nails: How to keep your fingernails healthy and strong, 25 November 2009   cantata [ kuh'n-TAH-tuh' ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a choral composition often using a sacred text, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted. 2. a musical composition   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He performed the rites by reciting a religious cantata.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Neville Gabie is the Artist In Residence for the project and has been working to create a choral cantata. BBC, Cabot Circus news, 18 December 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