Daily Wordlist

                      

                            

Daily Wordlist

aspersion [ uh'-SPUR-zhuh' n, -shuh' n ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. spraying of holy water during religious practices 2. a potentially harmful remark made with the intention to defame 3. an act of defamation or derogation
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	US Olympic gold medallist Marion Jones' admission that she had taken steroids prior to the Sydney Olympics cast an aspersion on the sport of athletics.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	It is not casting an aspersion on the sport, it just shows they are living in the real world. Telegraph, Samples to be frozen next year, Marcus Armytage, 26 Nov 2004
demesne [ di-MEYN, -MEEN ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. legal possession and use of land as one's own 2. land adjoining a mansion or country house 3. land, occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner 4. a district, territory, state or domain
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The landlord's control over his demesne is absolute.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The introduction of 25 large houses into the park and its re-grading as a golf course will adversely impact on the demesne and the setting of the castle itself. BBC, Clarke course plans turned down, 7 February 2007
fallacious [ fuh'-LEY-shuh' s  ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. erroneous 2. misleading, fraudulent or deceptive
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The argument was deemed fallacious and stricken off the document.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The British Dental Association (BDA) rejected the report, describing it as a "completely fallacious argument". BBC, 20% of dental work 'unnecessary,' 17 April 2000
mirage [ mi-RAHZH ]
	[ noun ]
	MEANING :
	1. an optical illusion 2. an illusory phenomenon usually in the desert or at sea
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He was disappointed when they told him that the city of gold was just a mirage.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	He also said the Heritage Lottery Fund does not provide money for the private sector and English Heritage grants "are as ephemeral as a mirage in the desert". BBC, Barns: to save or not to save, 30 November 2009.
ingrained [ in-GREYND, IN-greynd  ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. deep-rooted or firmly established 2. implanted or firmly fixed 3. made of fiber or yarn dyed before weaving
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	Due to their ingrained superstition and prejudices the villagers refused to be treated by the doctor at the government hospital.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Mr Davutoglu said the move would put Turkey in the "hot seat" as it attempted to fend off charges of ingrained racial prejudice.  The Telegraph, Turkey threatens to expel 100,000 Armenians over 'genocide' row, Damien McElroy, 17 March 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