Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 12 - Day 4
NEW WORDS
- timorous [tim´ ər əs]
“He was a timorous incompetent who was lucky to have good men under him.” W. A. Swanberg, Citizen Hearst
- truncated [trung´ kā tid]
“It will be much harder if their state (Palestine) is so truncated, so cut up, that it is not viable.” Anthony Lewis, “The Irrelevance of a Palestinian State,” New York Times, 6/20/99
- jaunty [jôn´ tē]
“The cadet was very trim in his red breeches and blue tunic, his white gloves spotless, his white cockade jaunty, his heart in his mouth.” Alexander Woolcott, “Entrance Fee”
- fractious [frak´ shəs]
“The fractious couple received a tongue lashing from Judge Judy.” Arnold Feigenbaum, “Television Justice?”
- ostentatious [os´ ten tā´ shəs]
“He affected simplicity, partly because he was ugly, but more because being ostentatious might have irritated those of whom he always spoke of as ‘my fellow citizens.’” Emil Ludwig, Michelangelo
TODAY’S IDIOM
Indian summer—warm autumn weather
Parts of the country were deep in snow, but the East was enjoying an Indian summer.