| | expunge [ ik-SPUHNJ ] | | [ transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. to erase or strike out 2. to annihilate or wipe out 3. to eliminate | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | He expunged the various repetitions and resubmitted his report.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | A victory for him on 4th November would help expunge the original sin of slavery from Jefferson's empire of liberty. BBC, US election has echoes in the past, Professor David Reynolds, 15 September 2008. | | simulate [ SIM-yuh'-leyt ] | | [ transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. to take on the appearance of or create a likeness 2. to make a pretense of 3. to imitate | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | He simulated the accident using computer generated images.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | It is this aspect that allows delicate and critical procedures to be realistically simulated. BBC, Simulator promises safer surgery, 25 february 2000. | | commemorative [ kuh'-MEM-uh'-rey-tiv ] | | [ noun, adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (adj.) serving as a reminder of 2. (adj.) honouring and preserving the memory of 3. (n.) anything that honours and preserves the memory of another | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Dignitaries from all over the world were invited to the commemorative dinner after the coronation of the queen. | | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | A second commemorative event for Michael Jackson could be staged in London to mark what would have been the singer's 51st birthday. The Telegraph, Michael Jackson commemorative event planned for London, Ben Leach, 8 July 2009. | | disbar [ dis-BAHR ] | | [ transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. to expel from the practice of law by official action 2. to debar or suspend from the legal profession | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | They made an application to have the seedy lawyer disbarred.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The Musharraf regime introduced several changes in election laws which disbar some of the prominent politicians including Mrs Bhutto and Mr Sharif. BBC, Pakistan's general election, 11 October 2002. | | tutelary [ TOOT-l-er-ee ] | | [ noun, adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (adj.) holding the position of being the guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing 2. (adj.) pertaining to a guardian or protector 3. (n.) the person who serves as a guardian 4. (n.) one who has protective powers | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | In the Harry Potter series, Harry learned loads of new powerful magical spells under Dumbledore's watchful, tutelary eye. | | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | They were not offering a tutelary lesson in morals or inviting their viewers to a perception of transcendence. BBC, The Wordsworths and the Cult of Nature, Pamela Woof, 5 Nov 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 | | | | | |
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