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

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 5 - Day 4

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Question 1

OUR PYRRHIC VICTORY*

Mr. Dorsey summoned a representative group of teachers and student leaders to his office in order to elicit their reactions to the suspension of the football captain. He told them that cheating was a pernicious disease that could not be tolerated at our school. He loathed* having to discipline Art Krause so severely, but unless strict measures were taken, the student body would construe the incident as an open invitation to cheat with impunity. “We may lose a football game,” the principal said, “but we can salvage our self-respect.”

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the following sentences.

The border guards allowed the doctor to cross the frontier with _____.

A	tolerate
B	pernicious
C	construe
D	impunity
E	elicit

Question 2

It isn’t easy to _____ answers from a sleepy class on Monday morning.

A	tolerate
B	pernicious
C	construe
D	impunity
E	elicit

Question 3

Dentists appreciate patients who can _____ pain.

A	tolerate
B	pernicious
C	construe
D	impunity
E	elicit

Question 4

She hoped that we would not _____ her decision to run for office as a thirst for power.

A	tolerate
B	pernicious
C	construe
D	impunity
E	elicit

Question 5

The dictator’s _____ rules failed to intimidate* the leaders of the underground.

A	tolerate
B	pernicious
C	construe
D	impunity
E	elicit

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.

elicit

A	freedom from punishment
B	to make a deduction, to infer
C	to put up with, to bear
D	to draw forth
E	harmful, causing injury

Question 7

pernicious

A	freedom from punishment
B	to make a deduction, to infer
C	to put up with, to bear
D	to draw forth
E	harmful, causing injury

Question 8

tolerate

A	freedom from punishment
B	to make a deduction, to infer
C	to put up with, to bear
D	to draw forth
E	harmful, causing injury

Question 9

construe

A	freedom from punishment
B	to make a deduction, to infer
C	to put up with, to bear
D	to draw forth
E	harmful, causing injury

Question 10

impunity

A	freedom from punishment
B	to make a deduction, to infer
C	to put up with, to bear
D	to draw forth
E	harmful, causing injury

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NEW WORDS

elicit [i lis´ it]

“The experimental animal obviously hoped to elicit a reproduction of the pleasurable sensations he had experienced under laboratory conditions.” Loren Eiseley, “Man and Porpoise”

pernicious [pər nish´ əs]

“This chapter exposes a pernicious obstacle to students and teachers engaging in serious work together.” Robert L. Fried, The Passionate Teacher

tolerate [tol´ ər āt]

“They despise anyone who hasn’t had the luck to be born Masai, but for one reason and another, they tolerated me.” Robert W. Krepps, “Pride of Seven”

construe [kən strü´]

“Hemingway’s simple approach was construed as mysticism.” Robert Ruark, “Ernest Was Very Simple”

impunity [im pyū´ nə tē]

“Swaraj means that not a single Hindu or Mussulman shall for a moment crush with impunity meek Hindus or Mussulmans.” Mohandas K. Gandhi, “The Untouchables”