Weekly words (#5)

Weekly words (#5)

1.Swamp : an area of land that is permanently waterlogged but which has a dense covering of vegetation, eg, in certain tropical regions, trees and shrubs, such as mangroves or, in the more temperate zones, willows or reeds. Also [as adj].

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled the U.S. government owes damages to residents whose homes were swamped by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters in 2005.

2.Scathing : scornfully critical; detrimental.
In a sometimes scathing critique of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

3.Critique : a critical analysis

4.levee: especially on the Lower Mississippi: the natural embankment of silt and sand that is deposited along the banks of a river or stream during flooding.
Duval found the Corps knew widening the channel would endanger levees

5.Crock : an earthenware pot.
This is such a crock.

6.Groundbreaking : innovative
A groundbreaking broadcast began as a local Chicago talk show.