Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 19 - Day 4
NEW WORDS
- restrictive [ri strik´ tiv]
“Mr. el Hage said that the law was too restrictive, claiming that he had nothing to do with violent acts.” Benjamin Weiser, “Terrorism Suspect,” New York Times, 6/23/99
- balk [bôk]
“She rested on the stair—a young woman of a beauty that should balk even the justice of a poet’s imagination.” O. Henry, “Roads of Destiny”
- blunt [blunt]
“Managers will put it bluntly: ‘You’ve got to catch the ball.’” Tim McCarver, Baseball for Brain Surgeons
- nostalgia [no stal´ jə]
“The various objects one picks up just before leaving a foreign country are apt to acquire an extraordinary souvenir-value, giving one a foretaste of distance and nostalgia.” Corrado Alvaro, “The Ruby”
- rife [rīf]
“Cyberspace is rife with sweatshops but very few people realize it.” Karl Taro Greenfield, “Living the Late Shift,” TIME, 6/28/99
TODAY’S IDIOM
behind the eight ball—in trouble
Susan found herself behind the eight ball in chemistry when she failed to do the term project.
