2011 school pronouncer guide - Home Dutton Elementary
2011 school pronouncer guide - Home Dutton Elementary
2011 school pronouncer guide - Home Dutton Elementary
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123. leviathan \ lDSvIEthEn \<br />
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]<br />
124. cumulonimbus \ TkyVmyE(T)lPSnimbEs \<br />
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]<br />
125. yeoman \ SyPmEn \<br />
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]<br />
[This word is from a word that went from Hebrew to Latin to<br />
English.]<br />
a noun (Webster’s Third page 1301, column 1)<br />
any of various large sea animals.<br />
Some versions of the story of Jonah and the leviathan assume<br />
that the creature was a whale.<br />
[This word is from Latin.]<br />
a noun (Webster’s Third page 553, column 3)<br />
a mountainous cumulus cloud charged with electricity and<br />
producing lightning and thunder.<br />
As the giant cumulonimbus approached, the sky darkened, rain<br />
fell, and thunder rumbled.<br />
The following word is a homonym. Inform the speller that this word is a homonym and<br />
provide, without being asked by the speller to do so, the word’s part of speech and definition.<br />
[This word is originally English.]<br />
a noun (Webster’s Third page 2651, column 2)<br />
[has homonym: plural form yeomen]<br />
a petty officer (as in the U.S. Navy) who performs clerical duties<br />
and is responsible for keeping records and reports and providing<br />
information relating to his department.<br />
The yeoman proved very efficient at keeping the personnel<br />
records up to date.<br />
page 30<br />
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