WORD LISTS

Words Football Fans Can Master Easily

Mon Jan 27 12:39:07 EST 2014
By Vocabulary.com (NY)Visual Thesaurus Moderator
These vocabulary words should be easy to master for football fans already familiar their definitions in a football context. See the football-specific definitions here.
defense
The best defense against influenza is a yearly vaccine, but it's far from perfect.
possession
Perhaps it was coupled with a costly divorce and suddenly their car is their only possession.
offense
Neither have I made any offense against any human being nor participated in the falsification of anyone’s consciousness.
blitz
The company also plans a marketing blitz in Europe and Latin America, using the name WeChat.
huddle
But the evidence suggests that huddling around a heat source and searing our food is a habit we should at least consider breaking.
incomplete
The lack of background information and connective tissue makes the film feel incomplete.
ineligible
This time, Blue Is the Warmest Color was ineligible for the Oscars because it didn’t open in France before the cutoff date.
intercept
Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are on trial accused of conspiring to illegally intercept voicemail messages on mobile phones.
lateral
A trail run includes lunging, leaping, hiking, lateral side-stepping and other movements.
interference
They say Obamacare relies too heavily on mandates and results in too much government interference in the marketplace.
punt
Quite clearly, they were punting on the next season, no matter how their general manager spun it.
reception
The Broncos arrived at Newark Airport to the sort of reception normally reserved for heads of state.
referee
He knows they aren’t as good as him, so he will referee and, of course, watch. 
secondary
But it was a secondary infection that people contracted as a result of the flu.
strip
His name was stripped from honorary plaques and university buildings, including the library he personally financed.
tackle
On day one, she will tackle a 130-mile cycle, equivalent to some of the longest stages on the Tour de France.
execution
Even in those cases, amazing execution is a sine qua non of growth and success.
champion
Rejected passages describe a marketer who champions slogans, hosts who are not hospitable, an inventor of push-buttons that satisfy human desires.

Word List Actions:

Create a new Word List