headline vocab

• Air – to make know, to broadcast
• Assail – to criticize strongly
• Axe – to remove from a job
• Back – to support
• Ban – to not allow to do something
• Bar – to officially say that something must not be done
• Bid – an attempt
• Blast – an explosion
• Blaze – a big fire
• Cite – to mention; to give as a reason
• Claim – to declare to be true; to kill
• Curb – to limit; to control
• Dim – to become weaker
• Dub – to give a name or description to
• Due – expected
• Ease – to reduce or lessen
• Eye – to watch with interest; to have as a goal
• Fault – to criticize; to say someone or something is wrong
• Flay – to accuse; to criticize strongly
• Foe – enemy; rival; competitor
• Foil – to prevent from succeeding
• Grip – control; to take control of
• Gut – to destroy by fire
• Haul – a large amount of something illegal that has been taken; an amount of something that has been won or achieved
• Heist – theft
• Helm – the head of an organization, project, etc.
• Hike – an increase
• Ink – to sign
• Irk – to case to be angry or annoyed
• Key – very important
• Lash – to hit with a strong force
• Lash out – to criticize strongly
• Laud – to praise; to say good things about
• Launch – to start or begin
• Link – to connect; connection
• Loom – expected in the near feature
• Mull –to think carefully about; to consider
• Nab – to capture; to arrest
• Net – to capture; to take possession of
• Nod – approval