Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 40 – Day 2


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 40 - Day 2

Start
Congratulations - you have completed Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 40 - Day 2. You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%
Your answers are highlighted below.
Return
Shaded items are complete.
12345
678910
End
Return

NEW WORDS

  • cant [kant] 

“Although we hear much cant about loving one’s neighbor, life provides endless examples of just the opposite.” Paula Love, The Will Rogers Book

  • umbrage [um´ brij] 

“I do not take umbrage when I’m looked over, I do when I’m overlooked.” Mae West, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West, Joseph Weintraub, Editor

  • magnanimous [mag nan´ ə məs] 

“There was no way he was going to be magnanimous and share this prized baseball with anyone who claimed a share of the glory.” Don DeLillo, Underworld

  • vilify [vil´ ə fī] 

“One who belongs to the most vilified minority in history is not likely to be unaware of the freedoms guaranteed by our constitutions.” Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, decision, October 1943

  • elucidate [i lü´ sə dāt] 

“The Secretary of State tried to elucidate the government’s policies in the troubled Middle East.” New York Times, 5/7/98

TODAY’S IDIOM

  • the sum and substance—the heart or substantial part

The sum and substance of our pyrrhic victory* was that our hopes for a stable future had gone up in smoke.*


Previous Posts

Next Posts

We welcome your comments, questions, corrections, reporting typos and additional information relating to this content.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments