Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 20 - Day 1
NEW WORDS
- reviled [ri vīld´]
“Former Haitian President Aristede was reviled by orphanage graduates who claimed that he had lied to them about the promise of jobs.” Associated Press story, “Haiti Gunmen Confront Police,” New York Times, 6/25/99
- derogatory [di rog´ ə tôr ē]
“When a communist father noticed a religious program on TV, he uttered a derogatory statement and turned off the program.” J. Edgar Hoover, “Why Do People Become Communists?”
- indict [in dīt´]
“You can’t indict a whole nation, particularly on such vague grounds as these were.” Robert M. Coates, “The Law”
- nebulous [neb´ yə ləs]
“There is a nebulous line between confidence and over-confidence.” Editorial, Wall Street Journal, 4/8/99
- pesky [pes´ kē]
“Oranges down there is like a young man’s whiskers; you enjoy them at first, but they get to be a pesky nuisance.” Ring W. Lardner, “The Golden Honeymoon”
TODAY’S IDIOM
left holding the bag—to be left to suffer the blame
The profligate* businessman left his distraught* partner holding the bag.
