To be decorated with adornments spangled To be spangled is to be decorated with beads, jewels, sequins, or other adornments. The American flag is called star-spangled, because it is full of stars. Something spangled is covered with little decorations. A shirt with rhinestones all over it is spangled. A hat with little jewels on it…
Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process (and life itself) changed when a new teacher…
To hinder or prevent… thwart A villain’s worst nightmare is the superhero who always seems to thwart his efforts, preventing him from carrying out his plans to take over the world. Thwart is a word you’ll hear in a lot of action movies, and usually it’s the hero who is trying to thwart the evil…
A line of things, usually people. queue A queue is a line of things, usually people. If you go to the store on a big sale day, there will probably be a long queue at the check-out. Queue comes from the Latin cauda, for tail. Outside the United States it means a line of people or vehicles waiting their…