Daily Wordlist 01-Feb-10

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	Daily Wordlist penology [ pee-NOL-uh'-jee ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) the study of the deterrent and reformatory aspects of punishment of criminals 2. (n.) the study of the management procedures in prisons   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The warden feigned ignorance of penology and proclaimed that criminals were supposed to suffer for their crimes.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As an acolyte of the hanging-is-not-punishment-enough school of penology, I feel that my views on the killers of Jamie Bulger deserve a hearing. The Telegraph, There is hope for these boys - more punishment could end it, Dr Theodore Dalrymple, 6 July 2000.   discernible [ di-SUR-nuh'-buh'l ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. capable of being perceived 2. distinguishable 3. which can be seen or understood   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As the fog descended upon the town the people walking on the streets were barely discernible from the balcony.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   On the other hand there was also a discernible inclination amongst some SOE officers to be associated with a spectacular, war-winning coup de main operation. BBC, The Foxley Report: Secret Operations in World War Two, Mark Seaman, 5 November 2005.   destitute [ DES-ti-toot ]   [ adjective, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) having no means of subsistence or lacking food, shelter and clothing 2. (adj.) deprived of 3. (adj.) impoverished or penniless 4. (tr.v.) to leave destitute   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The government has set up shelters where volunteers take care of destitute people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Two centuries after independence, however, Haiti is the battered pauper of the Americas and unimaginably destitute after the earthquake. Telegraph, Haiti: enslaved by its dark history , By Ian Thomson, 14 Jan 2010   giddy [ GID-ee ]   [ verb, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) dizzy or causing dizziness 2. (adj.) frivolous 3. (v.) to become or make dizzy   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He felt giddy after the ride on the merry-go-round.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey. CNN, Are Republicans too giddy? Julian E. Zelizer, 10 November 2010.   elliptical [ i-LIP-ti-kuh'l  ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) oval in shape or pertaining to an oval 2. (adj.) expressed briefly or without irrelevant matter 3. (adj.) tending to be obscure, ambiguous or cryptic while speaking or writing 4. (n.) a type of galaxy in the shape of a spheroid rather than a disk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Most of the members voiced their preference for an elliptical swimming pool rather than a circular one.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Compared to the Solar System, most extrasolar systems look odd, with planets in very small or very elliptical orbits. The telegraph, Discovery of new planets raises hopes of other life in universe, 14 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 - - - -