Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 6

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 6 - Day 4

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Question 1

PERFECT PRODUCTS

I guess we’ll never be able to quell those persistent rumors about the invention of auto tires that will never wear out, stockings that cannot tear, and pens that won’t run dry. A voluble economist informed me that such products will never be marketed. “Can you imagine,” he asked, “a manufacturer cutting his own throat? Why would he sell you an item that you will never have to replace? No,” my confidant whispered, “it’s part of their scheme of planned obsolescence to sell you merchandise with a limited life span in order to keep you coming back for more.” I am dubious about the existence of those perfect products, but then I’m from Missouri.*

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the proper blanks.

When the duplicity* was revealed, the jury became _____ about Ed’s innocence.

A	confidant
B	dubious
C	obsolescence
D	voluble
E	quell

Question 2

In order to _____ the riot, the police sallied* forth with tear gas.

A	confidant
B	dubious
C	obsolescence
D	voluble
E	quell

Question 3

A teenage boy’s father should be his true _____ .

A	confidant
B	dubious
C	obsolescence
D	voluble
E	quell

Question 4

The _____ built into many products could be regarded as a flagrant* insult toward the duped* consumer.

A	confidant
B	dubious
C	obsolescence
D	voluble
E	quell

Question 5

I could not doze in the chair because of the _____ barber.

A	confidant
B	dubious
C	obsolescence
D	voluble
E	quell

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their meanings.

quell

A	one to whom you confide your secrets
B	talkative
C	process of wearing out
D	put an end to
E	doubtful

Question 7

voluble

A	one to whom you confide your secrets
B	talkative
C	process of wearing out
D	put an end to
E	doubtful

Question 8

confidant(e)

A	one to whom you confide your secrets
B	talkative
C	process of wearing out
D	put an end to
E	doubtful

Question 9

obsolescence

A	one to whom you confide your secrets
B	talkative
C	process of wearing out
D	put an end to
E	doubtful

Question 10

dubious

A	one to whom you confide your secrets
B	talkative
C	process of wearing out
D	put an end to
E	doubtful

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NEW WORDS

quell [kwel]

“He also did not quell the speculation surrounding Van Gundy’s status as coach.” Mike Wise, New York Times, 5/25/99

voluble [vol´ ū bəl]

“He came to hate Ray Gribble and his voluble companions of the submerged tenth of the class.” Sinclair Lewis, “Young Man Axelbrod”

confidant(e) [kon´ fə dant´]

“Lecter rents a lavish house not terribly far from the modest duplex of FBI agent Starling, his antagonist/confidant during the period seven years earlier.” Paul Gray, “Dessert Anyone?,” TIME, 6/21/99

obsolescence [ob´ sə les´ ns]

“After five centuries of obsolescence, Roman numerals still exert a peculiar fascination over the inquiring mind.” Isaac Asimov, “Nothing Counts”