coquette [ koh-KET ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | a woman who is flirtatious | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Her reputation for being a coquette did not endear her to her women colleagues.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | She's flirtatious in her outrage: a stand-up coquette. CNN, 'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic', Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | | verdant [ VUR-dnt ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. having a green tint or colour 2. covered with vegetation 3. naïve or immature | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The verdant countryside was beautiful.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | The verdant forests of Oregon's central coast harbor all sorts of mushrooms, yet none in particular abundance. National Geographic, Pacific States, OREGON.October 2008 | | undulate [ v. UHN-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh'-, -duh'-;adj. UHN-juh-lit, -leyt, UHN-dyuh-, -duh- ] | | [ adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (intr.v.) to move in a wavy or rising-and-falling way of motion 2. (intr.v.) to have a wavy shape or form 3. (tr.v.) to cause to move in a wavy manner 4. (tr.v.) to give a wavelike shape or form to 5. (adj.) having a rippled or wavy form | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The rising breeze caused the people to cheer as the flag undulated and increased the morale of the troops.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Menchov clocked an average speed of 38.4km/h on the steep, undulating course. CNN, Menchov wins time-trial to take Giro lead, May 21, 2009 | | suffice [ suh'-FAHYS, -FAHYZ ] | | [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (intr. v.) to be enough for the time being 2. (tr. v.) to satisfy the needs of | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The few wild berries that he has plucked would suffice to keep his pangs of hunger at bay until help arrived.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Wrist and forearm strength is important in certain sports such as golf, cricket, tennis, volleyball or rock climbing to name a few and, although many people think that bicep and tricep strength will suffice, you should remember that you are as strong as your weakest link. The Telegraph, LifeCoach: the truth about 'best before' dates, 22 September 2009 | | ambulatory [ AM-byuh'-luh'-tawr-ee ] | | [ noun, adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (adj.) capable of walking or pertaining to walking or adapted for walking 2. (adj.) alterable or revocable 3. (n.) a cloister or covered place for walking | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The group set out on an ambulatory excursion of the valley.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 78,000 tennis-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms every year. CNN, Tennis injuries, anyone? Val Willingham, 21 August 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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