Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 6 - Day 3
NEW WORDS
- disparage [dis par´ ij]
“It (government control) has been called crackpot, but that doesn’t disparage it for me.” E. B. White, One Man’s Meat
- laudable [lôd´ ə bəl]
“American historians, in their eagerness to present facts and their laudable anxiety to tell the truth, have neglected the literary aspects of their craft.” Samuel Eliot Morrison, By Land and by Sea
- fiasco [fē as´ kō]
“Your $25 contribution to our fund will bring you an hilarious tape of the fiasco of an elementary school’s production of ‘Peter Pan.’” Public Broadcasting Announcement, 12/25/98
- masticate [mas´ tə kāt]
“Trying to masticate a huge hamburger with an open mouth is a no-no.” Advice from Ms. Manners, syndicated columnist, 6/4/98
- eschew [es chü´]
“When in Rome, we decided to eschew Arithmetic.” Ruth McKinney, “Proof in Nine”
TODAY’S IDIOM
to let sleeping dogs lie—to let well enough alone, to avoid stirring up old hostilities
The lawyer wanted to open up the old case, but his partner advised him to let sleeping dogs lie.
