Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43 – Day 2


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43 - Day 2

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NEW WORDS

  • cynic [sin´ ik] 

“A cynical view of phone calls or mail offering free merchandise or membership is the safest approach.” Newsweek, 6/7/98

  • unctuous [ungk´ chů əs] 

“Today’s car salesmen are a far cry from the high-pressured and unctuous ones of the past.” Car and Travel, 9/99

  • benevolent [bə nev´ ə lənt] 

“My relationship to this land is purely spiritual: It’s a place of absolute silence, absolute benevolence.” Stephen Trimble, Wilderness

  • subservient [səb sėr´ vē ənt] 

“From the earliest times, including the Bible, women have been counseled to be subservient to men.” Barbara G. Walker, The Women’s Encyclopedia

  • iniquity [in ik´ wə tē] 

“I lack iniquity Sometime to do me service.” William Shakespeare, Othello

TODAY’S IDIOM

to lay one’s cards on the table—to talk frankly

He knew he was out of his depth* so he laid his cards on the table and asked for assistance.

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