english usage- headlines

"english usage" headlines imply use of short words

The following is a list of common headline vocabulary

Reference: 

Practical English Usage by Michael Swan 

(Oxford University Press)

READ aloud and explain those 13 headlines.

1. SIBLINGS  MAKE SUICIDE BID
2. SIX DIE IN TEMPLE BLAZE
3. GLOBAL WARMING: EARTH ON BRINK OF DISASTER
4. AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT ACTS TO GAG PRESS
5. INDIANS GRAB SHARES IN FOREIGN COMPANIES
6. COLD WAVE GRIPS COUNTRY
7. OPPOSITION LASHES GOVERNMENT REFORMS
8. VAT ON FOOD: NEW ROW LOOMS 
9. MALE MAYOR RE-ELECTED AGAINST THE ODDS
10. DEMOCRATS OUSTED IN US ELECTIONS    
11. MISSING TEENAGER RIDDLE: TWO MEN HELD
12. LABOUR RIFT OVER DEFENCE POLICY
13. BANK SEX SCANDAL ROCKS THE CITY
14. NEW ROW OVER WAGE CUTS
15. BUS DRIVER SPENDS MILLIONS IN CREDIT-CARD SPREE    
16. QUAKE TOLL MAY RISE

FIND THE KEY AT THE WORD LIST ABOVE.