Mano
Hand
The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers & hunters is from the Russian for "pelt"
Parka
Onion,
wedding,
Saturn's
Rings
In 2000 this presidential candidate barely won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote, 271-266
Al Gore
To misdirect one's energies is to do this "up the wrong tree"
Bark
Diente
Tooth
A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"
Mirage
Candy,
side,
crow
Bar
The Constitution defines this crime as "levying war" against the United States or giving enemies "aid and comfort"
Treason
To dip a food item into liquid, such as a donut into milk
Dunk
Corazon
Heart
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
Vandal
Over,
mother,
diving
Board
In Texas David Dewhurst holds this job, so he takes over when Rick Perry is out of state
lieutenant governor
To flick the middle finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb, producing this sharp noise
Snap
Nariz
Nose
Used to describe stately mansions of the old south, it's from the Latin for "before the war"
antebellum
Cape,
French,
Little Big
Horn
In 1981 Ronald Reagan appointed Jeane Kirkpatrick the first female U.S. ambassador to this organization
U.N.
As a noun, it's a building where grain is ground into flour; as a verb, it means to do the grinding
mill
Lengua
Tongue
The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"
consensus
Falling,
morning,
Death
Star
The youngest active supreme court justice
Amy Coney Barrett
Fill a hole tightly, or promote a product by mentioning it in the media
Plug