Daily Wordlist 24-03-2011

tacit [ TAS-it ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. unspoken; expressed without words; indicated or implied through means other than words 2. silent; quiet
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	After the conduct of the underground nuclear tests in 1998, the Defence minister, George Fernandes, made a tacit admission that it considers China, and not Pakistan, to be India's main threat.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The Chinese Government has made a tacit admission that it faces a serious Aids crisis in central China.  BBC, China admits Aids crisis, 9 August, 2001
fell [ fel ]
	[ noun, adjective, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (tr.v.) to strike or chop down 2. (adj.) lethal, fierce or savage 3. (n.) the amount or number of trees that have been struck down in one season 4. (n.) hide or skin
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	He felled the branch with one clear blow of the axe.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Though KMDA officials promised compensatory plantation for all the trees felled for construction, none could give specific plans on the number of saplings to be planted and in what area.  The Times of India, Trees felled to make way for VIP Rd flyover, Sumati Yengkhom, 13 November 2008
ascertain [ as-er-TEYN ]
	[ transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. to determine, find out or discover with utmost certainty 2. (archaic) to make certain or precise
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	It has been ascertained that the death was caused by a blow to the head by a blunt object.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Brit Insurance swung between gains and losses as traders tried to ascertain whether the Lloyd's of London insurer is going to tap shareholders for fresh funds to finance a bid for Chaucer.  Telegraph, Market report: China trade sanction fears drive down BHP, By Ben Harrington, 11 Jun 2009
bicker [ BIK-er ]
	[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (intr. v.) to take part in a petty argument 2. (intr. v.) to flicker 3. (n.) a petty quarrel
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	They bickered over which channel to watch on television.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	The United Nations can either be a place where we bicker about outdated grievances or forge common ground, a place where we focus on what drives us apart or what brings us together, a place where we indulge tyranny or a source of moral authority. CNN, Transcript: Obama addresses U.N. General Assembly,
ciliated [ SIL-ee-ey-tid ]
	[ adjective ]
	MEANING :
	1. having hairlike processes 2. pertaining to the phylum Ciliophora
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	Scientists use the sea slug as a specimen to study the use of ciliated surfaces in animals.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	Although H5N1 virus preferentially attaches itself via haemagglutinin protein to 2,3-sialic acid receptors on the respiratory and gut epithelium of birds, the same receptors can also be found in human conjunctiva and ciliated portion of the respiratory columnar epithelium. University of Oxford, Avian Flu - a Pandemic Waiting to Happen?