Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 31 - Day 3
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NEW WORDS
- strident [strīd´ nt]
“No matter how strident or insulting he became, he was not interrupted by the police.” New York Daily News, 9/5/99
- concomitant [kon kom´ ə tənt]
“The doses of the drug were increased with the concomitant result that he quickly became an addict.” Otto Friedrich, Before the Deluge
- lassitude [las´ ə tüd]
“To poets it’s vernal lassitude but to us it’s simply spring fever.” Brochure, Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
- deleterious [del´ ə tir´ ē əs]
“These statutes will have a deleterious effect on the public interest.” Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, speech, 1960
- efficacy [ef´ ə kə sē]
“He runs his office with the greatest efficacy.” Sally Quinn, Chicago Sun Times, 12/9/79
TODAY’S IDIOM
swan song—final or last (swans are said to sing before they die)
The ex-champion said that if he lost this fight it would be his swan song.
