Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 1 - Day 2
NEW WORDS
- abound [ə bound´]
“A smart thriller that abounds with suspense and excitement!” Newspaper ad for film The General’s Daughter
- technology [tek nol´ ə jē]
“Mr. Greenspan noted that ‘history is strewn’ with miscalculations about technology developments.” Richard Stevenson, “Fed Chief on New-Age Economy,” New York Times, 6/15/99
- prognosticate [prog nos´ tə kāt]
“Nay, if an oily palm be not a fruitful prognostication I cannot scratch my ear.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
- automaton [ô tom´ ə ton]
“She’s an automaton; she has every quality in the world, and I’ve often wondered why it is with all that I’m so completely indifferent to her.” W. Somerset Maugham, The Treasure
- matron [mā´ trən]
“For ladies they had the family of the American consul and a nice bevy of English girls and matrons, perhaps Lady Hamilton herself.” Edward Everett Hale, The Man Without a Country
TODAY’S IDIOM
a pig in a poke—an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment
The mail order bicycle that my nephew bought turned out to be a pig in a poke, and he is now trying to get his money back.
