unfaltering [ uh'n-FAWL-ter-ing ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. without wavering or hesitating 2. moving steadily 3. being steadfast | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Although he was devastated by grief, he read the eulogy at his father's funeral with an unfaltering voice.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | She never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated. BBC, In full: Harry's tribute to Diana, 31 August 2007. | | tribulation [ trib-yuh'-LEY-shuh'n ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (n.) serious trouble or suffering 2. (n.) distress or hardship | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The tribulations faced by the families of the freedom fighters are often not known.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | No one's immune to the trials and tribulations of life. CNN, Vick pleads not guilty, 26 July 2007. | | provenance [ PROV-uh'-nuh'ns ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | 1. source or place of origin 2. the history of the ownership of an object or its records and authenticating documents | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The provenance of all the objects d'art at the gallery had been carefully maintained.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | I'm not a vegetarian, but I am extremely concerned about the provenance of the meat I eat - where it has come from and how it has been reared. BBC, Lambing Live: I'd love to do it all again, Kate Humble, 16 March 2010. | | bigotry [ BIG-uh-tree ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | 1. obtuse or complete intolerance of any other race or religion 2. the attitude, beliefs, prejudices of a bigot | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The bigotry visible in his statements angered many people.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Perhaps we can overcome the difficult history of bigotry that scars this nation. CNN, Colorado political leaders make American history, By Jim Spellman, January 7, 2009 | | discredit [ dis-KRED-it ] | | [ noun, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (tr.v.) to disbelieve or deny credibility 2. (tr.v.) to disgrace or damage reputation 3. (n.) disgrace or damage to reputation 4. (n.) doubt or disbelief | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The government discredited the findings of the reporting agency.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The U.S. government is taking advantage of these Westernized Iranians to create a basis for discrediting the Iranian election and the Iranian government. Chronicles magazine, Are You Ready for War With Demonized Iran?, by Paul Craig Roberts, June 16th, 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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