Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 21 – Day 2


Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 21 - Day 2

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NEW WORDS

  • lush [lush] 

“Can one run for political office without the promise of lush campaign contributions from many sources?” “Steve Forbes; In His Own Debt,” Parade, 9/15/99

  • destitution [des´ tə tü´ shən] 

“Our Supreme Court has said that any citizen has a Constitutional right to have counsel, and that the court must appoint a lawyer to defend the destitute.” Joseph Welch, “Should a Lawyer Defend a Guilty Man?”

  • ponder [pon´ dər] 

“As I made my way back, I pondered the significance of what I’d seen.” Nicholas Kristof, “1492: The Prequel”

  • supplication [sup´ lə kā´ shən] 

“The last supplication I make of you is that you will believe this of me.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

  • decadence [dek´ ə dəns] 

“I said earlier that the decadence of our language is probably curable.” George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

TODAY’S IDIOM

on tenter hooks—in a state of anxiety (cloth used to be stretched or “tentered” on hooks)

The indicted* clerk was kept on tenter hooks by the district attorney.

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