Daily Wordlist 02-Feb-10

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	Daily Wordlist s precinct [ PREE-singkt ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. a police station 2. the regions that immediately surround a place 3. a district of a city under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by the police   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police precinct was evacuated due to a bomb scare.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Alexeyeva spoke to CNN briefly on the mobile phone as a police bus was carrying her and other detained protesters to a local police precinct. CNN, Moscow police disperse opposition rally, Maxim Tkachenko, 31 December 2009.   valedictory [ val-i-DIK-tuh'-ree ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) saying good-bye or bidding farewell 2. (adj.) pertaining to a departure or farewell 3. (n.) a farewell speech 3. (n.) a speech given at the graduation exercises of a college or school   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Everyone clapped after the valedictory speech given by the general secretary of the student body.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Headed for the minority and the back benches come January, House Speaker Dennis Hastert offered his valedictory to colleagues Friday night, saying he was "proud to be part of this unique time in the history of our country." CNN, Hastert offers farewell as he prepares to head for back benches, 8 December 2006.   centigrade [ SEN-ti-greyd ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. a scale divided into 100 degrees 2. pertaining to a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is represented by 0° C and the boiling point by 100° C   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   No matter how much the water was heated its temperature never exceeded a hundred degrees centigrade.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In 1948, it was internationally agreed that the Centigrade scale would be named after Celsius. BBC, Giving temperatures the third degree, 13 January 2010.   kudos [ KOO-dohz ]   [ noun ]   MEANING :   1. glory or honour 2. praise or accolade   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The policeman received kudos for bravery in action.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   However, it was their first Championship final since 1970 and they deserved all the kudos going after a great run which augurs well for next season's competition. BBC, Tyrone see off plucky Antrim , 18 January 2010.   melancholy [ MEL-uh'n-kol-ee ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) depression or a gloomy disposition 2. (n.) pensiveness 3. (adj.) affected by gloom or depression 2. (adj.) pensive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He suffered from melancholy after the funeral of his best friend.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's an Edwardian fable about eternal cycles of regeneration and the restorative power of nature; melancholy and ill-health are exchanged for well-being and spiritual uplift. The Telegraph, The Secret Garden at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, review, Dominic Cavendish, 12 January 2010.   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