Daily Wordlist 30-Jan-10

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	k Daily Wordlist bohemian [ boh-HEE-mee-uh'n ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a native of Bohemia 2. (n.) a person who lives and acts without regard for conventional standards 3. (adj.) pertaining to Bohemia, its people, or their language or the unconventional life of a Bohemian   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He enjoyed roaming about the country and living a bohemian lifestyle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When he first hit the big time in 1996, he rocked the biggest, fluffiest Afro this side of the '70s and evoked a distinctly bohemian vibe. CNN, Singer Maxwell finds his way back, Denise Quan, 14 December 2009.   precocious [ pri-KOH-shuh's ]   [ adjective ]   MEANING :   1. unusually advanced development mentally 2. characterized by or pertaining to unusually advanced development or maturity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A precocious student in the sixth grade won the quiz competition by defeating the senior students.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hawaiian-born Michelle Wie was not even a teenager in 2000 but was already turning heads with her precocious ability which easily outstripped that of boys of the same age. CNN, How Tiger defined golf in the Noughties, Paul Gittings, 28 December 2009.   cerebral [ suh'-REE-bruh'l ]   [ noun, adjective ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or relating to the brain 2. (adj.) appealing to the intellect 3. (n.) a sound that appeals to the intellect   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The cerebral music that he composed was appreciated by only a few people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "Le Genou de Claire" ("Claire's Knee") of 1970 won the San Sebastian film festival, and "L'Amour l'Apres-midi" ("Love in the Afternoon") two years later secured Rohmer's position as a master of the intense portrayal of the cerebral and the sensual. The Telegraph, Eric Rohmer, French film director, dies aged 89, 11 January 2010.   wade [ weyd ]   [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to pass through with difficulty 2. (intr. v.) to walk through water 3. (intr. v.) to make one's way with difficulty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   They waded through the murky water to get to the other side of the road.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Competitors, many of whom wear fancy dress, waded across the river bed to the far bank and back again. BBC, Hundreds get dirty for Maldon Mud Race, 27 December 2009   chronicle [ KRON-i-kuh'l ]   [ noun, transitive verb ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a history or an extended narrative report of historical events presented in a time sequence 2. (n.) a detailed record of events 3. (tr. v.) to record in historical format   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Many who start reading the chronicle of the knight in shining armour find it so interesting that they cannot stop till they reach the end.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The girl had chronicled two years of the emotions and fears that gripped her during hiding, as well as candid thoughts on her family, her feelings for friend-in-hiding Peter van Pels, and dreams of being a professional writer. CNN, Miep Gies, Anne Frank protector, dies at 100, 11 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