Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 28 - Day 4
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NEW WORDS
- irrational [i rash´ ən əl]
“He became irrational and threatened to commit suicide.” Darcy Frey, “The Last Shot”
- avarice [av´ ər is]
“He could not disguise his avarice under a cloak of religion.” Ambrose Bierce
- insatiable [in sā´ shə bəl]
“One needs an insatiable curiosity to succeed in the new technical world-wide spread of information.” Jared Diamond, “Guns, Germs, and Steel”
- nadir [nā´ dər]
“He knew he had reached the nadir of his baseball career when they sent him to a minor league team.” Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer
- moribund [môr´ ə bund]
“After being moribund for years, interest in electric automobiles has revived.” Car and Driver, 6/97
TODAY’S IDIOM
out on a limb—in a dangerous or exposed position
He went out on a limb and predicted he would win the election by a wide margin.
