Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 16 - Day 4
NEW WORDS
- virtuosity [vėr´ chü os´ ə tē]
“Employing his virtuosity as an orchestrator of suspense, the author puts Lector in Florence, Italy, speaking impeccable Italian.” Paul Grey, “Dessert, Anyone?,” TIME, 6/21/99
- temerity [tə mer´ ə tē]
“In the first month of his service in the House, the young Congressman had the temerity to challenge his party’s Speaker; it was a mistake.” Blanche Kassell, Up on the Hill
- amorous [am´ ər əs]
“A complete gentleman ought to dress well, dance well, have a genius for love letters, be very amorous but not overconstant.” Sir George Etherege, The Man of Mode
- progeny [proj´ ə nē]
“First, let me tell you whom you have condemn’d: Not me begotten of a shepherd swain, But issued from the progeny of kings.” William Shakespeare, Henry IV
- saturate [sa-chə-rāt]
“Vanilla sweetens the air, ginger spices it; melting nose-tingling odors saturate the kitchen.” Truman Capote, “A Christmas Memory”
TODAY’S IDIOM
to have the upper hand—to gain control
I had him at my mercy, but now he has the upper hand.
