Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 37 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- austere [ô stir´]
“New York City was founded by austere puritan colonists who could never imagine the city as it is today.” Moses Riechin, The Promised City
- felicitous [fə lis´ ə təs]
“The evening of hypnotism was not a felicitous one; we were frightened that we would lose our will or enter into unpleasant acts.” Diary of Anais Nin
- halcyon [hal´ sē ən]
“The halcyon days we recall with pleasure had many clouded moments.” Wolcott Gibbs, New Yorker, 4/8/49
- tenable [ten´ ə bəl]
“He took the tenable position that lawyers should never cross examine a witness without knowing the answer before asking the question.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- superfluous [sůpėr´ flü əs]
“He drove through the beautiful countryside in silence; conversation would have been superfluous.” Travel and Leisure, 10/94
TODAY’S IDIOM
off the beaten track—not usual, out of the ordinary
Because his ideas were always off the beaten track, he lived under a sword of Damocles* on his job.
