Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 39 - Day 2
NEW WORDS
- staunch [stônch]
“Known as a staunch supporter of the Republican agenda, the young politician astounded us all by his defection.” Monte Halperin, “Party Turncoat?”
- opprobrium [ə prō´ brē əm]
“General Sherman is still viewed with opprobrium in these parts of the South he once destroyed.” Edmund Wilson, Patriotic Gore
- Machiavellian [Mak´ ē ə vel ē ən]
“Is there any clearer example of Machiavellian plotting than that of Iago in ‘Othello’?” John Simon, Reverse Angle
- unconscionable [un kon´ shə ne bəl]
“Viewers of TV’s coverage of disasters find it unconscionable for mourning family members to be shown and interviewed so close up we can see the tears.” John Stephens, New York, 4/16/98
- pandemonium [pan´ də mō´ nē əm]
“Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, in pandemonium, a throng of revellers at once threw themselves into the black apartment.” Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death”
TODAY’S IDIOM
through thick and thin—in spite of all sorts of difficulties
He decided to stick with his fairweather friends* through thick and thin.
