Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 46 - Day 4
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NEW WORDS
- hyperbole [hī pėr´ bə lē]
“It is not hyperbole to state that, most terribly, justice and judgment lie often a world apart.” Emmeline Pankhurst, My Own Story
- munificent [myü nif´ ə sənt]
“His munificent gift will enable us to place computers in all the elementary schools.” Newsday, 6/20/98
- prevarication [pri var´ ə kā´ shen]
“They must honestly swear to this oath without prevarication or reservation.” Supreme Court Justice Byron White, speech, 12/1/64
- charisma [kə riz´ mə]
“Yali radiated charisma and energy as he led his people.” Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel
- genocide [jen´ ə sīd]
“Accounts of the destruction of masses of people recall that genocide is an ancient practice.” Otto Friedrich, Before the Deluge
TODAY’S IDIOM
- to throw cold water—to discourage a plan or idea
I was going to pull up stakes* and move out lock, stock, and barrel,* but my wife threw cold water on the whole thing.
