Daily Wordlist 08-Feb-10

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	Daily Wordlist bantering [ BAN-ter-ring ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. exchanging mildly teasing remarks 2. speaking in a teasing manner   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was bantering with the pretty girls while the others were doing some serious studying.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But before long, she's bantering with the crowd - as much at ease headbanging and squealing as she is making cracks about the audience's choice of knitwear. BBC, Across the line, Orla Graham.   pigment [ PIG-muh'nt ]   [ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a colouring matter or a substance that gives colour to 2. (tr. v.) to colour or add colour to 3. (intr. v.) to become coloured   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Powdered pigment was mixed with oil and used to paint the barn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vitiligo is a condition in which areas of skin lose their normal pigment and become white. BBC, Pepper 'to treat pigment disease', 14 February 2008.   implement [ n. IM-pluh'-muh'nt; v. IM-pluh'-ment ]   [ noun, verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an instrument or tool or equipment 2. (n.) a means of or an agent 3. (v.) to carry out or perform 4. (v.) to put into effect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He went into town and bought the gardening implements that he needed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The Joint Chiefs of Staff say they'll need time to implement changes if "don't ask, don't tell' is repealed. CNN, Pentagon preparing repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, 2 February 2010.   dire [ dahy-uh'r ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. causing dread 2. involving disaster or misfortune 3. desperate or urgent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was warned of dire consequences if he disclosed the name of the bully.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The federal government does not plan to stop paying interest on the federal debt, a move which would have dire economic consequences. CNN, Broad range of programs targeted by proposed spending freeze, 27 January 2010.   hireling [ HAHY-uh'r-ling ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who works only for cash 2. (adj.) serving for cash only 3. (adj.) mercenary   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He sent his hirelings to threaten the poor farmers with violence if they sold their produce to anyone else.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It happens whenever any public officer who has stolen enough money to pay hirelings is brought to court. BBC, African view: Loves lost, 13 November 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