Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 20 - Day 3
NEW WORDS
- extant [ek´ stənt] or [ek stant´]
“Rumors are extant that the Federal Reserve members are greatly concerned about the irrational exuberance of investors.” Bloomberg Financial News, 4/12/98
- vicissitudes [və sis´ ə tüdz]
“Her husband was not only faithful but patient in the face of remarkable vicissitudes.” Eliza Jane Berman, Noble Minds
- edifice [ed´ ə fis]
“My love was like a fair house built on another man’s ground so that I have lost my edifice by mistaking the place where I erected it.” William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
- sultry [sul´ trē]
“The sun would shine up there in the lengthening spring day and pleasant breezes blow in sultry summer.” Maurice Walsh, The Quiet Man
- trenchant [tren´ chənt]
“Mr. Salinger’s views on celebrity are often funny and trenchant.” Clyde Haberman, “A Recluse Meets His Match,” New York Times, 6/18/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
- tongue in cheek—insincerely
Speaking with his tongue in his cheek, the parsimonious* employer promised to double everyone’s wages.
