Daily Wordlist 24-Jan-10

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	24-Jan-10 Daily Wordlist gild [ gild ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to cover or coat with gold or gold colouring 2. (tr. v.) to impart a bright and pleasing effect to   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   After the artist gilded the bust it looked like a solid gold statue.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And while Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin have recently returned to the game at a more advanced age, they have done so on the back of careers gilded with triumph. Telegraph, Anne Keothavong aims to boost Britain's Fed Cup status, By Jinm White, 12 Jan 2010   collusion [ kuh'-LOO-zhuh'n ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a secret understanding or agreement for illegal purposes 2. a conspiracy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   There was a collusion between the general and certain opposition members to bring down the government.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Details of any alleged collusion between the Northern Ireland security forces and loyalist paramilitaries will be fully uncovered, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said. BBC, Blair vow over collusion claims, 20 June 2002.   protuberance [ proh-TOO-ber-uh'ns ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a projection 2. the condition or state of extending 3. the part that sticks out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They nicknamed him hunchback because of the protuberance at the back of his left shoulder.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Most dangerously, a massive German counter-attack through the Ardennes forest in December 1944 led to 'the battle of the Bulge', so called because of the protuberance it caused in the Allied line, which threatened to drive a wedge between the British and American armies, and possibly even allow the Wehrmacht to recapture Antwerp. The Telegraph, Britain at War: Victory - VE Day and VJ Day, 3 December 2008.   chimerical [ ki-MER-i-kuh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. imaginary 2. unrealistic or highly fanciful 3. highly unlikely or improbable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a chimerical concept and had no practical application.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Norman Stone, director and producer of The Narnia Code, to be screened on BBC2 at Easter, says the theory is the "best explanation yet" for the chimerical nature of the books. The Telegraph, Secret theme behind Narnia Chronicles is based upon the stars, says new research, Alastair Jamieson, 30 November 2008.   queer [ kweer ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) unconventional or strange 2. (adj.) feeling faint or unwell 3. (adj.) of a questionable character or shady 4. (tr. v.) to ruin or jeopardize   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His mother had some queer notions about appropriate behaviour at a birthday party.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Having been a naval officer, he became a prep school master and a journalist, and developed a passion for "queer and unusual pets". The Telegaph, The Defence of the Realm: the Authorised History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew, Simon Heffer, 16 October 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