Daily Wordlist 10-Jan-10

	10-Jan-10 Daily Wordlist gleam [ gleem ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a flash of light or a glow 2. (n.) a trace 3 (v.) to appear suddenly like a flash of light   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thieves saw the gleam of the watchman's torch and hid themselves.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Playing Rebecca Bloomwood, the blissfully clothes-crazy heroine of "Confessions of a Shopaholic," Isla Fisher walks around with the mad gleam of a true believer. CNN, Review: 'Shopaholic' is a big winner, Owen Gleiberman, 13 February 2009.   abide [ uh'-BAHYD ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to stay with or continue 2. (tr. v.) to reside or live in 3. (intr. v.) to tolerate or put up with 4. (intr. v.) to accept without question   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She asked her friend to abide with her as she was in a weak condition after the illness.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   She takes immune-suppressing drugs to prevent organ rejection and abides by doctor's orders. CNN, Pediatric heart transplant survivor: 'I thank God every day', Madison Park, 22 December 2009.   lateral [ LAT-er-uh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. pertaining to the side 2. a sideways transfer of the ball to a teammate in football   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He said that the lateral fins on his surfboard helped him to maintain his balance.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We have one diver on each side to fend off lateral approaches, and one behind to cover everyone's back. BBC, Surviving the oceanic whitetip shark, Ellen Husain, 26 September 2007.   deplore [ di-PLAWR ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to regret deeply or to feel or express deep grief for 2. (tr. v.) to express strong disapproval of 3. (tr. v.) to express sorrow for   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Prime Minister deplored terrorism as a dastardly act of cowardice.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy, said they "fully respect" the sovereignty of Iran, but "deplore post-electoral violence, which led to the loss of lives of Iranian civilians". BBC, G8 'deplores' Iran poll violence, 26 June 2009,   inherent [ in-HEER-uh'nt ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. occurring as a natural part or consequence or existing as an essential character 2. existing in someone as an attribute or quality 3. essential or necessary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Her inherent distrust of adults was due to having lost her parents when she was just seven years old.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We'd do much better by leveraging the inherent strengths of our modern democracies and the natural advantages we have over the terrorists: our adaptability and survivability, our international network of laws and law enforcement, and the freedoms and liberties that make our society so enviable. CNN, Is aviation security mostly for show? Bruce Schneier, 29 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