Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 39 - Day 4
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NEW WORDS
- turpitude [tėr´ pə tü]
“The government must be held responsible for these acts of moral turpitude resulting in so many civilian casualties.” TIME, 8/25/98
- infraction [in frak´ shən]
“Order cannot be secured through fear of punishment for an infraction against a political entity.” Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, decision, 10/64
- callous [kal´ əs]
“The movie industry was callous in the way it treated writers who came from New York.” Alex Ross, New Yorker, 2/23/98
- redress [ri dres´]
“There has been much discussion about the fairest way to redress centuries of discrimination.” “A Time to Begin,” Readers Digest, 5/92
- vituperation [vī tü´ pər ā´ shən]
“To justify his action he used vituperation, calling his enemies ‘detestable pests.’” Barbara G. Walker, The Women’s Encyclopedia
TODAY’S IDIOM
to be in fine fettle—to be in high spirits, or feeling well
He did a lot of woolgathering* and was in fine fettle during the whole of the Indian summer.*
