Daily Wordlist 17-Jan-10

	17-Jan-10 Daily Wordlist rampart [ RAM-pahrt ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an embankment capped with a stone parapet raised as a fortification around a place 2. (adj.) an effective bulwark or defence 3. (tr. v.) to defend with a fortified embankment   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The villagers built ramparts around the village as a defence against invaders.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Intoxicated by the romance of a fairy-tale castle, they ran amok along the ramparts of Fort Qaitbey. The Telegraph, Alexandria, Egypt: in praise of Alex, Teresa Levonian Cole, 29 November 2009.   implicate [ IM-pli-keyt ]   [ transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. to involve or show to be involved intimately or incriminatingly 2. something that is understood 3. to affect as a consequence or to imply as a necessary circumstance   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They could not implicate him in the robbery because he had an ironclad alibi.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He also claimed to have documents in his possession that could implicate some PSL club officials. BBC, Match-fixing row hits South Africa, Piers Edwards, 25 November 2009.   abscission [ ab-SIZH-uh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a sudden termination or the act of cutting off 2. the natural separation of a fruit, flowers and leaves from a plant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The botanist was working on an experiment to delay the abscission in the petals of the rose so that it would remain fresh for a long time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Understanding the process of abscission - which applies to petals and fruit as well as leaves - will be of particular interest to the commercial fruit tree and cut flower industries, which aim to ensure fruit remains on branches until it is ripe. The Telegraph, Why leaves fall off trees is discovered, Roger Highfield, 22 September 2008.   dissension [ di-SEN-shuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a quarrel or a strong disagreement 2. a difference of opinion 3. discord   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Because of the dissension among the members of the team, they lost the match.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The escalating public dissension within the ranks of House Democrats raised new questions about the bill's prospects. CNN, House Democrats splinter over health care, 25 July 2009.   cartographer [ kahr-TOG-ruh'-fer ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a person who makes maps 2. a person engaged in the scientific and artistic production and development of maps   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He claimed to be a cartographer by profession yet he was unable to read the road map.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Whether it takes 20 years or five before a new map of Europe can be drawn with any prospect of its being permanent, the latest evidence of German-Soviet collaboration has further complicated the outlook, both for salesmen and for cartographers. The Telegraph, COMMENT World War 2: Yet again Germany and Russia have parcelled out Poland, 29 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