emanate [ EM-uh-neyt ] | | [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (tr.v.) to give out or emit 2. (intr.v.) to flow out, issue as from a source or origin | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | A strange glow was said to have emanated from the unidentified flying craft.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Suitably laid-back beats and bleeps emanate from the music system and a flattering afternoon sun completes the Photoshopped effect. Telegraph, Townhouse, Miami: full review, 15 Dec 2008 | | appal [ uh'-PAWL ] | | [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (tr.v.) to horrify, dismay, shock or scandalize 2. (intr.v.) to enfeeble, fail or weaken | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The news about the shooting has appalled the country as a whole.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The entire experience was extremely disappointing, and I am utterly disgusted and appalled at the organization and preparation of this event CNN, Disappointed inaugural ticket holders turned away, January 22, 2009 | | artifice [ AHR-tuh-fis ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | 1. wile, stratagem, or a sly trick 2. trickery, cunningness or craftiness 3. ingenuity, skill or inventiveness | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The high school drama was his directional debut, full of artifice and panache.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The world is already full of visual artifice, and we aren't running the International Photography Contest to add to it. National Geographic, A message from the Director of Photography of National Geographic | | bask [ bask, bahsk ] | | [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (intr.v.) to lie or relax in the warmth of the sun 2. (intr.v.) to enjoy or derive pleasure in 3. (tr.v.) to warm or expose to heat | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Felines like basking on sunny days.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The team noticed that when the tree frogs bask in the sun, their skin reflectivity changes to appear almost metallic. National Geographic, Sun-Loving Frogs Get Skin Check With Eye Doctor's Tool, by Anne Minard, November 30, 2007 | | factitious [ fak-TISH-uh' s ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. forced, spontaneous, artificial or not genuine 2. manufactured, made, contrived or not natural | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | His factitious manner made him a social outcast.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Sufferers of factitious disorder fake illness to gain attention and sympathy, according to the medical handbook "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." CNN, Trial set for medical examiner accused of staging his own attack, By Jessica Su, February 9, 2005 | |
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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