Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 20 - Day 4
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NEW WORDS
- puissant [pyü´ ə sent] or [pyü is´ nt]
“The combination of the drugs has become a puissant cocktail in the fight against AIDS.” Medical report, CBS News, 9/20/98
- unabated [un´ ə bāt´ id]
“The summer list of auto fatalities continues unabated as three more Southampton teens are killed in a Sunday crash.” W. Mariano, “A Final Farewell,” Newsday, 6/25/99
- maudlin [môd´ lən]
“Uncle Billy passed rapidly into a state of stupor, the Duchess became maudlin, and Mother Shipton snored.” Bret Harte, “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”
- levity [lev´ ə tē]
“There was something about the company’s president that made levity seem out of place.” Lloyd Sperling, A Boiler Room Operation
- lugubrious [lü gü´ brē əs]
“Lugubrious notices on the passing of old friends were a feature of the local paper.” TIME, 8/20/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
- to take the wind out of one’s sails—to remove someone’s advantage
Although Edna was bristling* with anger when she stormed in, I took the wind out of her sails by voicing my own displeasure at the way she had been treated.
