Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 32 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- usurp [yü zėrp´]
“There is a constant struggle as one branch of government attempts to usurp some of the powers of the other.” Milton Konvitz, editor, Bill of Rights Reader
- paltry [pôl´ trē]
“Marvin was baffled by the paltry amount of money the widow was asking for her husband’s elegant Rolls Royce.” Barnett Lesser, “One Man’s Will”
- condone [kən dōn´]
“He does not condone the actions of any of the participants in the impeachment hearings.” New York Times Book Review, 9/26/99
- trivial [triv´ ē əl]
“In the study of past civilizations, nothing is considered as a trivial discovery.” Brian Fagan, Time Detectives
- bizarre [bə zär´]
“The police claim they were responding to the bizarre behavior of the man when they were forced to shoot him.” New York Post, 9/27/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
to feather one’s nest—to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity
He played up to his senile* aunt in the hope of feathering his nest when she made out her will.
