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
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
Sewage treatment terms
Posted by Bored on Jun 11, 2008
septic tank
sewage treatment
aerobic treatment system
effluent
swindler
scrawl
hood
etch
mash
heinous
stash
Words from a news report about real estate market
Posted by Bored on Jun 11, 2008
crunch
foreclosure
vouch
pitchman
posh
outpost
ritzy
fabled
mansion
Minneapolis
top-drawer
mogul
convertible
rebate
heckle
unremarkable
comeback
recession
ramble
petrol