BODY PARTS EN ESPAÑOL
WORD ORIGINS
NEXT WORD IN COMMON
U.S. GOVERNMENT
4-LETTER VERBS
100

Mano

Hand

100

The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers & hunters is from the Russian for "pelt"

Parka

100

Onion,
wedding,
Saturn's

Rings

100

In 2000 this presidential candidate barely won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote, 271-266

Al Gore

100

To misdirect one's energies is to do this "up the wrong tree"

Bark

200

Diente

Tooth

200

A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"

Mirage

200

Candy,
side,
crow

Bar

200

The Constitution defines this crime as "levying war" against the United States or giving enemies "aid and comfort"

Treason

200

To dip a food item into liquid, such as a donut into milk

Dunk

300

Corazon

Heart

300

This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe

Vandal

300

Over,
mother,
diving

Board

300

In Texas David Dewhurst holds this job, so he takes over when Rick Perry is out of state

lieutenant governor

300

To flick the middle finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb, producing this sharp noise

Snap

400

Nariz

Nose

400

Used to describe stately mansions of the old south, it's from the Latin for "before the war"

antebellum

400

Cape,
French,
Little Big

Horn

400

In 1981 Ronald Reagan appointed Jeane Kirkpatrick the first female U.S. ambassador to this organization

U.N.

400

As a noun, it's a building where grain is ground into flour; as a verb, it means to do the grinding

mill

500

Lengua

Tongue

500

The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"

 consensus

500

Falling,
morning,
Death

Star

500

The youngest active supreme court justice

Amy Coney Barrett

500

Fill a hole tightly, or promote a product by mentioning it in the media

Plug

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