Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 41 – Day 1


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 41 - Day 1

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NEW WORDS

  • curry [kėr´ ē] 

“The candidates are visiting many senior centers in an attempt to curry support among the elderly.” AARP Bulletin, 9/99

  • pall [pôl] 

“A pall had descended upon Mr. Timberlake, and I understood why he did not talk to me about the origin of evil.” V. S. Pritchett, “The Saint”

  • succulent [suk´ yə lənt] 

“Use this coupon to get $1 off on a succulent holiday turkey.” Advertisement, Waldbaum’s Supermarket, 11/99

  • satiety [sə tī´ ə tē] 

“One of the soldiers was given leave to be drunk six weeks, in hopes of curing him by satiety.” William Cowper, Selected Letters

  • intrinsic [in trin´ sik] 

“We appear to have lost the belief that honesty is an intrinsic aspect of political leadership.” Editorial, Christian Science Monitor, 5/17/98

TODAY’S IDIOM

a pretty kettle of fish—a mess, troubles

He thought it was an innocent white lie, but it got him into a pretty kettle of fish.

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