Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 23 - Day 3
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NEW WORDS
- pedagogue [ped´ ə gog]
“He is neither bandit nor pedagogue, but, like myself a broken soldier, retired on half pay for some years.” Stephen Vincent Benet, “The Curfew Tolls”
- enunciate [i nun´ sē āt]
“At his press conference, Jerry Springer enunciated his qualifications for a Senate seat in Ohio.” Francis X. Clines, “Springer Considers Race for Senate,” New York Times, 8/4/99
- inordinate [in ôrd´ n it]
“Was it, perhaps, because his back had broken under his inordinate burden?” I. L. Peretz, “Buntcheh the Silent”
- irascible [i ras´ ə bəl]
“He became so irascible that within six months he lost his wife and half of his office staff.” Herman Wouk, Don’t Stop the Carnival
- introspective [in´ trə spek´ tiv]
“All had the thin, narrow faces and large, wide-open eyes—introspective eyes.” Ivan Cankar, “Children and Old Folk”
TODAY’S IDIOM
to get one’s back up—to become angry
Every time his mother mentioned getting a haircut, the young guitarist got his back up.
