Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 10 - Day 1
NEW WORDS
- inclement [in klem´ ənt]
“The inclement weather that has given us fits recently is over, and I’m looking for blue skies for all of next week.” Weather forecast from ABC’s Sam Champion, Eyewitness News, 6/23/99
- peruse [pə rüz´]
“Stopping to peruse her mail, Raven didn’t notice that the front door was ajar.” Dolores Kent, Instant Gratification
- premonition [prē´ mə nish´ ən]
“There seemed to be a gentle stir arising over everything—a very premonition of rest and hush and night.” Mary Wilkens Freeman, “The New England Nun”
- desist [di zist´]
“My husband kicked me under the table and warned me to desist.” Phyllis Krasilovsky, “Pumpernickel in My Purse,” New York Times, 6/12/99
- recoil [ri koil´]
“It is a gesture of response to my remarks, and it always makes me recoil with a laugh.” Thomas Mann, “A Man and His Dog”
TODAY’S IDIOM
to pay the piper—to bear the consequences (from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin)
The cruel leader was doing well at the present time, but he knew that one day he might have to pay the piper.
