Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 14

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 14 - Day 1

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Question 1

SUNDAY MORNING AT PEARL HARBOR

At breakfast time on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Dorie Miller was serving coffee aboard the battleship West Virginia. Dorie was black, and the highest job to which he could then aspire in the U.S. Navy was that of messman. While Dorie was technically a member of a great fighting fleet, he was not expected to fight. Most Army and Navy officers inveighed against blacks as fighting men. Although blacks were nettled by such overt prejudice, Dorie Miller apparently accepted being relegated to the role of a messhall servant. Now, as he poured the coffee, Dorie was wondering why the airplanes above were making so much noise on a peaceful Sunday morning.

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

Although the comic’s quips seemed to be mild, they began to _____ the nightclub’s owner.

A	relegate
B	overt
C	aspire
D	inveigh
E	nettle

Question 1 Explanation:

Nettle means to irritate or annoy someone. The jokes seemed mild, but they still began to nettle (annoy) the owner; although signals this contrast. In the passage, blacks were nettled (irritated) by open prejudice.

Question 2

I had a premonition that Eli would _____ to the position of captain.

A	relegate
B	overt
C	aspire
D	inveigh
E	nettle

Question 2 Explanation:

Aspire means to strive for or hope to reach something high, and it is followed by to: aspire to the position of captain. In the passage, messman was the highest job Dorie could aspire to.

Question 3

The pickets agreed to _____ against the law that curtailed their freedom.

A	relegate
B	overt
C	aspire
D	inveigh
E	nettle

Question 3 Explanation:

Inveigh means to attack something strongly in words, and it is used with against: inveigh against the law. Protesters (pickets) speak out angrily against a law that limits their freedom.

Question 4

_____ acts of violence by the prisoner jeopardized his parole.

A	relegate
B	overt
C	aspire
D	inveigh
E	nettle

Question 4 Explanation:

The gap comes before the noun acts, so it needs an adjective. Overt means open and not hidden: overt acts of violence are violent acts done openly. All the other options are verbs. In the passage, overt prejudice is prejudice shown openly.

Question 5

When they tried to _____ the star to a minor role she was furious.

A	relegate
B	overt
C	aspire
D	inveigh
E	nettle

Question 5 Explanation:

Relegate means to move someone to a lower or less important position. The pattern is relegate someone to something: relegate the star to a minor role. Her fury is the clue. In the passage, Dorie was relegated to the role of a servant.

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their meanings.

aspire

A	irritate
B	open
C	assign to an inferior position
D	to strive for
E	attack verbally

Question 6 Explanation:

Aspire means to strive for something, to aim high and work towards a goal. Example: She aspires to become a doctor.

Question 7

inveigh

A	irritate
B	open
C	assign to an inferior position
D	to strive for
E	attack verbally

Question 7 Explanation:

Inveigh means to attack verbally, to protest or complain strongly in words. Example: He inveighed against the new tax. Not irritate, which is the meaning of nettle.

Question 8

nettle

A	irritate
B	open
C	assign to an inferior position
D	to strive for
E	attack verbally

Question 8 Explanation:

Nettle means to irritate or annoy. Example: His rude remarks nettled her. A nettle is also a plant that stings your skin, which helps you remember the meaning.

Question 9

overt

A	irritate
B	open
C	assign to an inferior position
D	to strive for
E	attack verbally

Question 9 Explanation:

Overt means open, not hidden or secret. Example: overt hostility. Its opposite is covert (secret).

Question 10

relegate

A	irritate
B	open
C	assign to an inferior position
D	to strive for
E	attack verbally

Question 10 Explanation:

Relegate means to assign someone or something to an inferior (lower) position. Example: The team was relegated to a lower division.

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NEW WORDS

aspire [ə spīr´]

“To humility indeed it does not even aspire.” John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University

inveigh [in vā´]

“The County Executive inveighed against scofflaws who owe a total of $60 million.” Television news broadcast, CBS, 6/23/99

nettle [net´ l]

“He was pretty well nettled by this time, and he stood in front of a bureau mirror, brushing his hair with a pair of military brushes.” James Thurber, “More Alarms at Night”