HEADLINE VOCABULARY:
cut – decrease
hike, boost – increase
accord – agreement
nab – arrest
bare - expose, reveal, announce
cite - enumerate, mention
body – committee
dip- decrease, go down
feud - quarrel, dispute
curb - restrain, control, stop
bid, ask - invite, request
probe, grill - investigate, question
quit – resign
quiz - question, exam
cop – policeman
balk - impede, thwart
link – connect
junk - discard, throw away
lull – calm
nix – reject
rift – disagreement
sans – without
hit - attack, assai
hail – welcome
beefed up – strengthened
urges - calls for, bats for
bags – wins
tilt -contest
lands, extols – praises
keynotes - keynote speaker
confab – conference
rules – dominates
smut - duty, literature, pornographic
vs – against
hits - reaches Ex. AUF hits 10,000 mark
scribes - writers, journalists
hone – prepare
crown - championship, title
sluggers - baseball players
spikers, netters – volleyball
nod – approval
gabfest - speech tilt
oust – dismiss
fires – dismiss
slated to = scheduled
rules out – disregard
hurdle – pass
carpet - big welcome
sked – schedule
nets – captures
ban – prohibition
eyes = considering
lifts - removes, abolishes
inked – signed
raps – charges
backs - rallies, supports
bucks - scrapped, disapproves
allays – lessons
upholds – approves
triggers – starts
prods – urges
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Accord – agreement
Allay –to calm
Apiece – each
Assail – to attack with arguments
Aussie – Australian
Balk – impede, thwart
Bare – expose, reveal
To bat – speak for, defend
Benedict – a married man
Bid, ask – invite, request
Blast –criticize
Body–committee, organization
Bog down –to encounter unexpected difficulty in reaching an agreement over
an issue
Cite –enumerate, mention, accuse
Clinic –an informal class where participants keen on a subject (often a game)
learn pointers from an expert
Confab – conference
Cop –police
Bandwagon –the winning side or a steadily mounting campaign has every
indication of winning popular support
To eye–to consider
Feud – dispute, quarrel
Flay– Criticize
Foil – thwart, reject
Fringe benefits – additional or supplementary job concessions made by
management to labor such as commissary, free rides to and from work, apart
from those required by law
Gab – Conference
axe – to be dismissed
Gimmick – a device or trick to sell something or put over an idea
Grid – to prepare, brace
Grill – investigate, question
Hail – Welcome
Ham –overacting actor, an amateur
Couch – to express in words; include (as couched in strong language
Crown – Championship
Curb – restrain; control
Dip – go down (as the temperature dips), decline, decrease
To dog – to continue to trouble
Draw fire – to be criticize
Dry run – rehearsal for an event
Due – Scheduled
Ex – Former
Memo – Memorandum
Mum – silent, noncommittal
Nad – arrest, capture
Nix – Reject
Okay – approve, accept
Pan – a book or article)– criticize severely
Panacea – universal remedy, cure-all
Peg– fixed at a certain amount or level
Pit – Oppose
Post – Position
Power – Electricity
Probe – Investigate
Prod – to goad or to prick
Quasi–seemingly, to a certain degree
Quit – Resign
Quiz – Question
Ratify – sanction, approve, confirm
Raze – Destroy
Revamp – to renovate, to change
Rift – disagreement, separation
Row – dispute, fight, disagree, quarrel
Rule – Decision
Tryst – clandestine meeting
Urge – Advocate
Underscore – to stress
Vet - Veterinarian
Vie – to challenge or content compete
hike – Increase
Inquiry – Investigation
Junk – to throw away, dispose of
Kegler – bowling aficionado
Kin – Family
Kitty – Collection
Lair – shelter or nest
Leaf – Tobacco
Letup – temporary easing up
Link – Connect
Lull – Calm
Meet – conference (n.) convene (v.)
Scan – Examine
Scribe – a news paperman
Set – Schedule
Shift – Transfer
Sked – Schedule
Slay – Murder
Smut – Pornography
Sortie – any swift movement, mission
Spark – Encourage
Spawning grounds – breeding grounds
Stir – incite, induce
Stopgap – a temporary solution
Spelunker –one who explores and studies caves
Spurn – turn down
Stymie – to frustrate or hold up proceedings
Swap – Exchange
Tiff – slight quarrel, argument
Tilt – Exchange
Thwart or foil – frustrate, oppose
Try – Attempt
Void – Nullify
Vow– pledge, promise
