Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 17 - Day 1
NEW WORDS
- perpetrate [pėr´ pə trāt]
“Thanks to Mr. DeLay, we learn that violence perpetrated by gun owners is really the product of larger forces.” Editorial, “Mr. DeLay’s Power Play,” New York Times, 6/20/99
- consummate [kən sum´ it]
“Arnold Zweig, a writer of consummate artistry, presents a picture of delicacy and charm that hovers on the brink of disaster.” Roger Goodman, World-Wide Stories
- subterfuge [sub´ tər fyüj]
“He was a free-will agent and he chose to do careful work, and if he failed, he took the responsibility without subterfuge.” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, “A Mother in Mannville”
- concoct [kon kokt´]
“I am concocting a seduction; I do not require a pastry chef.” Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6/15/99
- fallacious [fə lā´ shəs]
“The demand was plausible, but the more I thought about it, the more fallacious it seemed.” A. D. White, Scams and Schemes [adapted]
TODAY’S IDIOM
to draw in one’s horns—to check one’s anger, to restrain oneself
The performer drew in his horns when he saw that his critic was an eight-year-old boy.
