Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 34 – Day 3

Thursday was his next-to-last day. He had been tenacious in following up every lead. Now he was behind the eight ball. He could hardly galvanize himself to do anything else. The façade of hope he had worn for almost a week was crumbling; there was nothing left to be sanguine about. In desperation he turned to the police and placed his problem within their jurisdiction. They asked many questions, and they requested that he not expurgate anything. Some of the questions seemed asinine. When they inquired about his relationship to the missing girl, he replied, with a grimace, “Fiancee.” When they suggested she might be hiding in that part of the city where the “punk” coterie congregated, he was incredulous and accused the police of calumny against her good name and reputation.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in these sentences.

He held on to his antiquated beliefs with a _____ obsession.