Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 7 - Day 3
NEW WORDS
- stymie [stī´ mē]
“The family has been stymied in its attempt to remove a dead relative from the juror rolls.” Associated Press story, “Jury Duty Summonses Don’t Stop Despite Death,” New York Times, 6/25/99
- effigy [ef´ ə jē]
“ANGRY SERBS HANG UNCLE SAM IN EFFIGY ” Headline over Associated Press photo, New York Times, 8/23/99
- flout [flout]
“His ideas frightened the farmers, for he would flout and ridicule their traditional beliefs with a mocking logic that they could not answer.” S. Raja Ratnam, “Drought”
- cognizant [kog´ nə zənt]
“I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states.” Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
- turbulent [tėr´ byə lənt]
“Up to the turbulent surface came a peculiar-looking craft, risen from the calm but dangerous depth of the ocean.” Lt. Don Walsh, “Our Seven-Mile Dive to the Bottom”
TODAY’S IDIOM
a bitter pill to swallow—a humiliating defeat
It was a bitter pill to swallow for the famous billiard player to be overwhelmed by the 12-year-old girl.
