Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
9 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
angel 08-23-2010
subsidies Some states suing feds also claim health subsidies |
yahoo news
a grant or contribution of money noun |
|
|
angel 08-24-2010
frugal Milan had been quiet at the start of the transfer window but some limp pre-season displays persuaded owner Silvio Berlusconi to drop his frugal spending policy and bring in former Inter Milan forward Ibrahimovic on an initial loan and sign Robinho. |
yahoo sports
economical in use or expenditure;prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful. adjective |
|
|
angel 08-25-2010
hover With the country focused on job growth and unemployment continuing to hover above 9 percent |
new york times
to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver; to hover between life or death |
|
|
angel 08-26-2010
skewed It found job expansion to this point has been skewed toward industries with median wages that are low to middling |
new york times
to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. past verb of skew |
|
|
angel 08-27-2010
allegation The incident is still an allegation until such a time that a witness provides evidence to support the allegation |
people magazine
an assertion made by a party in a legal proceeding, which the party then undertakes to prove. noun |
|
|
angel 08-28-2010
pompadour Her little head and high curly pompadour kept getting caught in my facial hair |
new york tian arrangement of a woman's hair in which it is raised over the forehead in a roll, sometimes over a pad.
noun |
|
|
angel 08-29-2010
hurled Eight men hurled the explosives at the bar and fled in vehicles |
CNN News
to throw or fling with great force or vigor. past verb of hurl |
|
|
angel 08-30-2010
neglect The deaths, tied in confidential court filings to abuse or neglect by L.A. County child protective services workers |
L.A Times
to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years. verb |
|
|
angel 08-31-2010
seized $12 million in designer knock-offs seized in raids |
L.A Times
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon. verb |
