Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 38

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 38 - Day 1

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Question 1

THE ENIGMA* OF FASHION

Of all the pressures young people face, the most pernicious* is that of fashion. By this is meant the current vogue* in dress. The teenagers, who are so glib when they speak of “individuality,” are turned into a homogeneous mass by the latest craze in fashion. How can youngsters who vehemently* resist advice from the older generation become so malleable in the hands of those who “make” fashion? Perhaps the sudden shifts in fashion occur fortuitously*. Or is there some group who, through legerdemain, switches styles and customs on us right before our eyes? Today’s teenagers seem to be quite gullible* when it comes to embracing the latest trend in fashions. But then, they have their elders as sage* examples to follow.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in these sentences.

The charlatan* was able to wheedle* money out of the naïve* audience with a _____ talk on the medicine that would expunge* pain.

A	legerdemain
B	homogeneous
C	glib
D	malleable
E	trend

Question 2

They could not follow the _____ of his ideas, but his verbal dexterity* galvanized* the gullible* listeners.

A	legerdemain
B	homogeneous
C	glib
D	malleable
E	trend

Question 3

They were engrossed* as an ill man was “cured” before their eyes; some of the more urbane* said it was _____ .

A	legerdemain
B	homogeneous
C	glib
D	malleable
E	trend

Question 4

He ingratiated* himself into their confidence, and the _____ crowd was shaped into a subjugated* mass.

A	legerdemain
B	homogeneous
C	glib
D	malleable
E	trend

Question 5

While they started out as individuals, they became a _____ group whom he could motivate as he willed.

A	legerdemain
B	homogeneous
C	glib
D	malleable
E	trend

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their definitions.

glib

A	capable of being shaped or formed
B	sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness*
C	smooth of speech
D	same or uniform
E	general direction

Question 7

homogeneous

A	capable of being shaped or formed
B	sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness*
C	smooth of speech
D	same or uniform
E	general direction

Question 8

malleable

A	capable of being shaped or formed
B	sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness*
C	smooth of speech
D	same or uniform
E	general direction

Question 9

trend

A	capable of being shaped or formed
B	sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness*
C	smooth of speech
D	same or uniform
E	general direction

Question 10

legerdemain

A	capable of being shaped or formed
B	sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness*
C	smooth of speech
D	same or uniform
E	general direction

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NEW WORDS

glib [glib]

“It is not glib to maintain that truth can never be contained in one creed.” Mary Augusta Ward, Robert Elsmere

homogeneous [hō mə jē´ ne əs]

“Archaeologists have unearthed evidence showing that the people of ancient Egypt were far from a homogeneous civilization.” Brian Fagan, Time Detective

malleable [mal´ ē ə bəl]

“Is the mayor able to change from an apparently rigid personality to one more malleable to differences?” Alec Kuczynski, “The Mayor’s Makeover,” New York Times Magazine, 8/1/99

legerdemain [lej ər də mān´]

“Federal investigators pursuing money-laundering schemes are concerned with alleged acts of legerdemain by Russian banks.” Tim L. O’Brien, “Bank in Laundering Inquiry,” New York Times, 8/20/99