Tuesday 15 March 2011

Word-Pronunciation-Meaning (WPM a Tuesday Article)


Cactus – kaktus - Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae
Cage – keyj -   An enclosure
Called – kol - Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Camera – kamuru - Equipment for taking photographs
Cannon – kanun - A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
Cannot – kanot - Can not
Captain – kaptun - An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Carriage – karij - A railcar where passengers ride
Carpenter – kaarpuntur - A woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
Cashier – kashir - An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
Caste – kast - Social status or position conferred by a system based on class
Cast – kast -    Put or send forth
Cot – kot -       A sheath worn to protect a finger
Ceiling – seeling - The overhead upper surface of a covered space
Center – sentur - An area that is approximately central within some larger region
Certain – surtun - Definite but not specified or identified
Chalk – chok -             A soft whitish calcite
Challenge – chalinj -   Take exception to
Character – kariktur - An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
Cheap – cheep - Relatively low in price or charging low prices
Check – chek - Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Cheek – cheek - Either side of the face below the eyes
Cheese – cheez - A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
Chess – ches -             Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed
Children – child - A young person of either sex
Chimney – chimnee - A vertical flue
Chemistry – kemistree - The science of matter
Cholera – koluru - An acute intestinal infection
Circle – surkul - Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length
Circus – surkus - A travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
Civics – siviks - The social science of municipal affairs
Clerk – klurk - An employee who performs clerical work
Clever – klevur - Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Cobbler – koblur - A person who makes or repairs shoes
Collier – kolyur - Someone who works in a coal mine
Collar – kolur - A band that fits around the neck
Collective – kulektiv - Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
Colour – kulur - A visual attribute of things
Coming – kuming - Of the relatively near future
Commerce – komurs - Transactions
Committee – kumitee - A special group delegated to consider some matter
Commissioner – kumishunur - A government administrator
Company – kumpunee - An institution created to conduct business
Comparative – kumparutiv -   Relating to or based on or involving comparison
Compliment – komplumunt - A remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
Complement – komplumunt - Something added to complete
Composition – kompuzishun - The spatial property
Competitor – kumpepitur -     The contestant you hope to defeat
Confectioner – kunfekshunur - Someone who makes candies and other sweets
Conqueror – kongkurur - Someone who is victorious by force of arms
Contractor – kontraktur - Someone who contracts to build things
Continuous – kuntinyoous -    Continuing in time or space without interruption
Conveyance – kunveyuns -     Document effecting a property transfer
Coolie – koolee - An offensive name for an unskilled Asian labourer
Copying – kopeeing - An act of copying
Corner – kornur - A place off to the side of an area
Cough – kof - Exhale abruptly
Countries – kuntree - A politically organized body of people
Court – kort - An assembly to conduct judicial business
Cousin – kuzun - The child of your aunt or uncle
Cottage – kotij - A small house with a single story
Cotton – kotun - Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
Cohered – kowhir - Come or be in close contact with
Cricket – krikit - Leaping insect
Creature – kreechur - A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Curtain – kurtun - Hanging cloth used as a blind

To be continued next week of the same day..........................................Jai