Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 32

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 32 - Day 4

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Question 1

IT'S HAPPENING NOW

The flood of new technology makes each modern marvel appear archaic within the briefest time period. An assiduous* examination of today’s communication methods will make clear how quickly a rabid purchaser of the newest product will want to emulate friends and buy the next one. The cell phone that can track down the location of a user, or the music-downloading pod that has a potential* to record almost countless songs are being replaced with more powerful and exciting products. It would not be facetious to claim that scientists will persevere* in devising ways for us to contact each other by voice, photographs, and print messages that give us access* to a more salubrious social network.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in these sentences.

Some maintain that the ascetic* leads a _____ life.

A	facetious
B	rabid
C	salubrious
D	archaic
E	emulate

Question 2

With all candor,* I cannot wish for a return to the _____ times when a moribund* society provided an opulent* existence for some, but a loathsome* life for the majority.

A	facetious
B	rabid
C	salubrious
D	archaic
E	emulate

Question 3

There is something _____ about an egotist* who has the temerity* to begin a speech with, “In all humility* . . . .”

A	facetious
B	rabid
C	salubrious
D	archaic
E	emulate

Question 4

It is not prudent* to malign* or castigate,* or be derogatory* in any way toward a _____ political adherent.*

A	facetious
B	rabid
C	salubrious
D	archaic
E	emulate

Question 5

The wish to _____ a great person is laudable.*

A	facetious
B	rabid
C	salubrious
D	archaic
E	emulate

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their definitions.

archaic

A	healthful, wholesome
B	out of date
C	rival, strive to equal
D	comical, humorous, witty
E	fanatical, furious, mad

Question 7

emulate

A	healthful, wholesome
B	out of date
C	rival, strive to equal
D	comical, humorous, witty
E	fanatical, furious, mad

Question 8

facetious

A	healthful, wholesome
B	out of date
C	rival, strive to equal
D	comical, humorous, witty
E	fanatical, furious, mad

Question 9

rabid

A	healthful, wholesome
B	out of date
C	rival, strive to equal
D	comical, humorous, witty
E	fanatical, furious, mad

Question 10

salubrious

A	healthful, wholesome
B	out of date
C	rival, strive to equal
D	comical, humorous, witty
E	fanatical, furious, mad

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NEW WORDS

archaic [är ka´ ik]

“Many procedures of the law have long seemed archaic to laymen.” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, quoted in San Francisco Examiner, 1/4/71

emulate [em´ yə lāt]

“Her companions she loved and admired but could not emulate for they knew things she did not.” Rose Macaulay, The World My Wilderness

facetious [fə sē´ shəs]

“Politicians must be careful about any facetious comment that can be turned into an opponent’s advantage.” Jewell Bellush and Dick Netzer, Urban Politics