Vocabulary

“The Ancient Spartans, who practiced infanticide, may have objected to “No Child Left Behind.”

Infanticide: The act of killing an infant.



“Conservatives knew instinctively that “life” has more pathetic value than the murkier choice.”

Murkier: dark, dim or gloomy.






“You can almost set your epochal clock by this particular values pendulum.”

Epochal: highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.





“If lazy means frantically shooting aliens on a computer, then he’s lazy.”

Frantically: Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration.





“More recently, President Bush promoted tort reform by referring over and over to frivolous lawsuits.”

Frivolous: not serious in content or attitude or behavior