Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 36 – Day 2


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 36 - Day 2

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NEW WORDS

  • epitome [i pit´ ə mē] 

“My community considers a man in uniform to be the living epitome of heroism.” Lucius Garvin, Collected Essays

  • dexterity [dek ster´ ə tē] 

“Ali built his career based on his dexterity, both in the ring and in the use of colorful language.” Boxing, 3/95

  • grotesque [grō tesk´] 

“Nowadays, men have to work, and women to marry for money; it’s a dreadfully grotesque world.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • compassion 

“In addition to professional skills, patients want a physician who is compassionate.” Advertisement for Maimonides Medical Center, 9/25/95

  • repugnant [ri pug´ nənt] 

“The behavior of the few rioters at the rock concert was repugnant to the huge, peaceful crowd.” “Woodstock Revisited,” TIME, 6/7/99

TODAY’S IDIOM

to throw the book at someone—to give the maximum punishment

The judge got his back up* and threw the book at the criminal.

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