The Blue Angels

I take back all the !S*H&I@T# I said about the Blue Angels.  They were and are fabulous to watch!

The Drug Gangs Vocabulary

The Drug Gangs Vocabulary

By Tom Morganthau

·         Bleak – (adjective) providing little comfort or shelter

·         Maraud – (transitive/intransitive verb) to rove around carrying out violent attacks or looking for plunder, or raid a place in search of plunder

·         Ominous – (adjective) suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen or be revealed

·         Rousts – (transitive verb) to make somebody get up, make a move, or take action, especially abruptly or roughly

·         Lull – (verb) to agree to give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise

·         Welsh – (intransitive verb) to fail to fulfill or honor an obligation entered into or incurred

·         Nexus – (noun) a connection or link associating two or more people or things

·         Echelon – (noun) a level of authority or rank in an organization or system

Vocabulary (Anne Frank)

1.      Adage – (noun) a traditional saying that expresses something considered to be a general truth

2.      Adroit – (adjective) displaying physical or mental skill

3.      Ardent – (adjective) feeling great passion

4.      Bemoan – ( transitive verb) to express grief or disappointment about something

5.      Blithe – (adjective) happy, cheerful, and carefree

6.      Boisterous – (adjective) full of noisy enthusiasm and energy, and often roughness or wildness

7.      Brooch – (noun) ornament pinned to clothes

8.      Brooding – (adjective) to focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily

9.      Brusque – (adjective) abrupt, blunt, or curt in manner of speech

10.  Clandestine – (adjective) kept or done in secret , often to conceal an illicit or improper purpose

11.  Communal – (adjective) used or shared by all members of the a group or community

12.  Concertina – (noun) a small accordion with button keys

13.  Condole – (verb) to express sympathy or sorrow

14.  Coquetry – (noun) dalliance; flirtation

15.  Curtly – (adverb) rudely brief

16.  Dastardly – (adjective) mean, treacherous, or cowardly

17.  Dejected – (adjective) being in low spirits

18.  Deluge – (noun) a great flood

19.  Despondent – (adjective) extremely unhappy and discouraged

20.  Dregs – (plural noun) small solid particles found in liquids such as coffee or wine that sink to the bottom of a container and are most in evidence when the container in nearly empty

21.  Dungarees – (noun) a sturdy hard-wearing blue-denim fabric

22.  Elicit – (verb) to provoke a reaction

23.  Enhance – (transitive verb) to make greater, as in value, beauty, or reputation

24.  Epistle – (noun) a letter written by the apostle Paul or other early Christian writers and included as a book of the Bible

25.  Estrangement – (transitive verb) to cause somebody to stop feeling friendly or affectionate toward somebody else or sympathetic toward a tradition or belief

26.  Expedient – (adjective) appropriate, advisable, or useful in a situation that requires action

27.  Fatuous – (adjective) showing a lack of intelligence or thought combined with complacency

28.  Florin – (noun) a unit of currency used in Great Britain between 1849 and 1968, equivalent to two shillings

29.  Furbelow – (noun) a gathered or pleated piece of material, especially as an ornament on a woman’s garment

30.  Goad – (transitive verb) to provide or incite somebody into action

31.  Harangue – (noun) a long pompous speech especially before a gathering

32.  Impertinent – (adjective) showing a bold or rude lack of respect, especially to a superior

33.  Incendiary – (adjective) causing or capable of causing fire

34.  Incensed – (transitive verb) to cause to be extremely angry; furious

35.  Indignant – (adjective) characterized by or filled with anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy

36.  Inflation – (noun) the condition of being puffed up with pride

37.  Instigator – (noun) one who causes a process to start

38.  Intermezzo – (noun) a short piece of music that is performed between longer movements of an extended musical composition

39.  Irrevocable – (adjective) impossible to retract or revoke

40.  Jocular – (adjective) with a playful joking disposition

41.  Listless – (adjective) lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort

42.  Lumbago – (noun) a painful condition of the lower back, as one resulting from muscle strain

43.  Meted – (transitive verb) to give out something such as punishment or justice, especially in a way that seems harsh or unfair

44.  Pensive – (adjective) thinking deeply about something, especially in a sad or serious manner

45.  Perceptive – (adjective) having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition

46.  Pique – (noun) a bad mood or feeling of resentment, especially when brought on by an insult, hurt, pride, or loss of face

47.  Placard – (noun) a sign or notice for display in a public place

48.  Pogrom – (noun) an organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group

49.  Prefabricated – (transitive verb) to produce something in an unoriginal or standardized way

50.  Pseudonym – (noun) a name that is not somebody’s original name, especially one used by an author in publications

51.  Regaled – (transitive verb) to provide with great enjoyment

52.  Reproach – (transitive verb) to bring shame upon

53.  Sabotage – (noun) an action taken to undermine or destroy somebody’s efforts or achievements

54.  Seethe – (intransitive verb) to be in a state of extreme emotion, especially unexpressed anger

55.  Surreptitious – (adjective) done in a concealed or underhand way to escape notice, especially disapproval

56.  Throng – (noun) a large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude

57.  Torment – (transitive verb) great physical pain or mental anguish

58.  Trill – (noun)a high-pitched warbling sound, especially one made by a bird