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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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