Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 31 - Day 2
NEW WORDS
- propagate [prop´ ə gāt]
“The Republican leadership planned to propagate their philosophy for a huge tax cut during the summer recess.” Wolf Blitzer, CNN Nightly News, 7/14/99
- anomaly [ə nom´ ə lē]
“My mother was American, my ancestors were officers in Washington’s army, and I am an anomaly.” Winston Churchill, speech, 1953
- innocuous [i nok´ yü əs]
“Howell’s seemingly innocuous remark about Tanya’s footware led to a torrent of curses from the petite brunette.” George Sokolsky, “Very Thin Ice”
- surfeit [sėr´ fit]
“A surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings.” William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- milieu [mē lyu´]
“In the milieu of a heated baseball championship contest, tickets are being sold at highly inflated prices.” New York Post, 10/10/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
without rhyme or reason—making no sense
Without rhyme or reason the pennant-winning baseball team decided to jettison* its manager.
