Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 26 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- rebuke [ri byük´]
“The defeat of the charter revision was viewed as a rebuke of his policies.” Editorial, New York Times, 11/7/99
- aversion [ə ver´ zhən]
“During the last years of his administration the mayor showed an aversion to taking political risks.” Jewell Bellush and Dick Netzer, Urban Politics
- evince [i vins´]
“The vote on Roe vs. Wade will show whether enough senators evince an interest in overturning the 1973 Supreme Court decision.” Elaine Povich, “Abortion Politics,” Newsday, 10/22/99
- vogue [vōg]
“Examining the private lives of our political leaders is in vogue this election period.” New York, 9/4/99
- superficial [sü´ pər fish´ əl]
“His teachings had only a superficial relationship to the orthodox religion he advocated.” Carl Dreyer, “The Roots of Anti-Semitism”
TODAY’S IDIOM
to strike while the iron is hot—to take an action at the right moment
As soon as John heard that his father had won in the lottery, he struck while the iron was hot and asked for an increase in his allowance.
