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Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 5 – Day 3


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 5 - Day 3

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NEW WORDS

  • egregious [i grē´ jəs] 

“It is mystifying why some women still stick with Bill through so many egregious episodes.” Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 6/2/99

  • distraught [dis trôt´] 

“On the veranda of Banker White’s house Helen was restless and distraught.” Sherwood Anderson, “Sophistication”

  • duplicity [dü plis´ ə tē] 

“The duplicity of which he had been guilty weighed on his spirit.” H. C. Bunner, “Our Aromatic Uncle”

  • acrimonious [ak´ rə mō´ nē əs] 

“We quickly learn of the acrimonious relationship between the Montagues and the Capulets.” Playbill, Summary of Romeo & Juliet

  • paucity [pô´ sə tē] 

“In the dictator’s best-case scenario, he can hope for continuing control, thanks to a paucity of opponents.” Massimo Calabresi, “Is This the End for Milosevic?,” TIME, 6/21/99

TODAY’S IDIOM

to pass the buck—to evade responsibility (the “buck” may have been a piece of buckshot passed from one poker player to another to keep track of whose turn it was to deal)

He always gives me a straight answer and never tries to pass the buck.

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