Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 45 - Day 1
NEW WORDS
- wistful [wist´ fəl]
“I am sad when I see those wistful ads placed by the lovelorn in the classified columns.” E. B. White, The Essays of E. B. White
- raiment [rā´ mənt]
“No matter what her raiment, Marilyn Monroe looked absolutely fabulous on the screen.” Billy Wilder quoted by Earl Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 2/28/76
- brigand [brig´ ənd]
“The history of motion pictures shows that, from the earliest silent films, stories about western brigands would capture a large audience.” John Simon, Reverse Angle
- corpulent [kôr´ pyə lənt]
“When he squeezed his corpulent body into a chair he seemed to be stuck there forever.” Charles W. Thompson, Presidents I Have Known
- rail [rāl]
“He cursed and railed, and finally declared he was going to trail the raiders.” Zane Grey, Raiders of the Purple Sage
TODAY’S IDIOM
to flog a dead horse—to continue to make an issue of something that is over
He thought he could keep the pot boiling* about his opponent’s winking at* crime, but he was flogging a dead horse.
