Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 10 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- pertinent [pėrt´ n ənt]
“What seems pertinent is to observe that jazz gravitated toward a particular kind of environment in which its existence was probable.” Arnold Sungaard, Jazz, Hot and Cold
- mastiff [mas´ tif]
“That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.” William Shakespeare, Henry V
- obsess [əb ses´]
“To obsess over acquisitions is especially damaging to human felicity.” Llewelyn Powys, Earth Memories
- doleful [dōl´ fəl]
“The patients were left in doleful plight, as the whole country resounded with the consequent cry of ‘hard times’.” Washington Irving, “The Devil and Tom Walker”
- wan [won]
“Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale?” John Suckling, “Encouragement to a Lover”
TODAY’S IDIOM
on the carpet—being scolded
Because of her repeated lateness, Betty’s boss called her on the carpet.
