licentious [ lahy-SEN-shuh 's ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. lewd, immoral or promiscuous 2. ignoring or disregarding rules and laws | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | His licentious lifestyle gave his wife no recourse but to file for a divorce.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | His conduct to his Coadjutor Mr. Cogswell was compounded of all that was odious in ingratitude and bad faith, whilst for mere purposes of popularity, he has pushed the doctrines of Agrarianism & Dorrism to the most disgusting & licentious extent. Chronicles Magazine, What Is History? Part 4B, by Clyde N. Wilson | | ecclesiastical [ i-klee-zee-AS-ti-kuh' l ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. churchly, clerical or pertaining to the church or clergy 2. appropriate or suitable for a church | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Ecclesiastical architecture was included into the building's interior design during refurbishment.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | In the application the former church building is described as illustrating a "significant aspect of Jersey's ecclesiastical and social history. BBC, Church could get protected status, 7 November 2008 | | unflappable [ uhn-FLAP-uh'-buh'l ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | not easily upset or perturbed especially in a crisis | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | His unflappable temperament earned him the nickname cool dude.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Stories of investment-banking careers blossoming amid such economic uncertainty are not the norm, but some of those who have succeeded in getting Wall Street job offers voice almost unflappable optimism in the face of the bleak economic picture. CNN, Against odds, some grads find Wall Street jobs, John D Sutter, 20 May 2009 | | enumerate [ i-noo-muh-reyt ] | | [ transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. to mention one by one 2. to count or find out the number of 3. to call out separately in counting | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | After he enumerated all the main points of the lesson, he found that it was quiet easy to memorize.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | if the governor signs it, it theoreticallly would allow Oklahoma to ignore laws that are not "enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution," as stated in the Tenth Amendment. CNN, Stimulus raises state sovereignty issues, Lauren Kornreich, 6 March 2009. | | incident [ IN-si-duh'nt ] | | [ noun, adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (n.) an embarrassing event or occurrence 2. (n.) an episode or a piece of action 3. (adj.) likely to take place 4. (adj.) naturally appertaining 5.(adj.) striking or falling on something | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The parents of the bride were happy that the wedding ceremony was concluded without incident.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Detective Chief Inspector Dave Withers said: 'Kent police are trying to trace 49 year old Phoebe Barton from Chartham in connection with this incident. The Telegraph, Police search for sister of dead woman, 9 May 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 | | |
| |
Comments
Post a Comment