Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 11 - Day 3
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NEW WORDS
- elapse [i laps´]
“True, a decent time had elapsed, and it was not even suggested that Waythorn had supplanted his predecessor.” Edith Wharton, The Descent of Man [adapted]
- meticulous [mə tik´ yə ləs]
“Even later, in 1992, Barnstead’s meticulous records allowed researchers to put names on six previously unidentified Titanic survivors.” “Titanic and Halifax,” The Nova Scotia Museum
- domicile [dom´ ə sīl]
“At night he returned peaceably enough to his lonesome domicile.” Theodore Dreiser, “The Lost Phoebe”
- lax [laks]
“The fact that his employer was lax on this score was one of many things that he had to condone.” Henry James, “Brooksmith”
- sporadic [spə rad´ ik]
“TROOPS ENCOUNTER SPORADIC VIOLENCE” Headline, Newsday, 6/14/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
to sow one’s wild oats—to lead a wild, carefree life
During his teen years, the millionaire avidly* sowed his wild oats.
