New Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 17, 2008
maiden
sublime
exultant
misdemeanor
statute
pounce
pauper
fickle
mortal
insular
ethnic
prodigy
collegiate
hiatus
herald
apparel
induct
exertion
mediocre
deficit
ritual
hobble
toss
inflammatory
coroner
infusion
remission
relapse
oncologist
estrogen
keepsake = memento
beeline
strew
recede
trample
bout
pancreas
islet
bile
duct
intestine
gastric
contravene
purported
Bully for you!
corroboration
falter
Sports and News Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 16, 2008
numb
sip
felony
whereabouts
beige
exonerate
vindicate
limo
eulogy
pantry
prairie
patio
precipice
needy
ravage
reel
stretch (noun meaning)
ovation
vie
ridge
clutch (auto meaning)
tussle
gallery - A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
royale
adrift
contract (health meaning: infect)
tonsillitis
underdog
partisan
travail
bum
adrenaline
dejected
murky
secretariat
composure
pivotal
snipe
Sports and News Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 15, 2008
frolic (frolicked)
reprimand
high jinks
shriek
laid-back
full-throated
raucous
stampede
gusto
trigonometry
bode
squander
grimace
lackluster
spike
understatement
debacle
animosity
Some new words from news
Posted by Bored on Jun 14, 2008
impede
straggle
stutter
limp
electric (Emotion meaning: emotionally exciting; thrilling, tense)
wayward
nemesis
agog
penultimate
impart
streak
playoff
feat
setback
wedge
precarious
haggard
tally
awry
saunter
rail
flabbergast
stellar
flippant
benign
swell
wince
scribe
blab
elusive
Golf Vocabulary
Posted by Bored on Jun 14, 2008
US Open is on, it’s time to learn Golf terms. These two pages look good, and Wikipedia has a complete list of golf glossary.
grove
manicure
drive - approach - lag - putt - chip - loft - punch (knock-down)
creek
fairway
pitch-and-run
right handed: slice - fade - hook
triple bogey
double bogey
bogey
par
birdie
eagle
albatross
condor
buggy (also cart or golf cart)
trolley
break
caddie
bunker
divot
grip
lie
rough
G.A.S.P. - grip, address, stance and posture
mulligan
Health and Politics Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 13, 2008
prod
peal
guffaw
Ask doctors if their male patients ignore big and obvious health symptoms, and they’ll respond with laughter — huge peals and guffaws.
macho
ostrich
urology
tonic
archaeologist
memorial
rake
lament
fawning
innocuous
Mediterranean sea
decry
obesity
Politics Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 13, 2008
chronicle
chronic
shoddy
karat
pear
loath
deteriorate
twister (weather meaning)
jab
cynical
subtext
lay off (the meaning of ‘leave one alone’)
liaison
stroke (health meaning)
impeccable
quirky
wry
mince
sheath
stark
heroic
tattered
bunkhouse
sprain
gash
bluff
fraternity - brotherhood
detestable
Tennessee
interject
utterance
purport (different pronunciations as different parts of speech).
hypocrite
restoration
defray
Some Economic Words
Posted by Bored on Jun 12, 2008
primacy
outlay
procurement
demographic
liquidation
latitude (the freedom meaning)
antagonism
eclectic
franchise
rhythm
referendum
furor
Flood Vocab
Posted by Bored on Jun 12, 2008
From Iowans sandbag as floods move south
Iowa
inundate
Wisconsin
crest
levee
meteorologist
South Dakota
reservoir
dry spell
——–
tee
adage
pundit
prequel
dampen
ethanol
pasture
Military Vocabulary
Posted by Bored on Jun 11, 2008
Major - Colonel - Lieutenant - Brigadier General - Corporal
Army - Corps - Division - Brigade - Regiment - Battalion - Company - Platoon - Squad
insignia
Detailed list of US Military Ranks and Units
jostle
boot camp
amphibious
combatant
seaborne
erroneous
rhetoric
atrocity
outpatient
sanction
rehab
crude (oil)
threshold