Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 42 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- ennui [än´ wē]
“The ennui and utter emptiness of a life of pleasure is fast urging fashionable women to something better.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Newport Convention
- comely [kum´ lē]
“An island peopled by the most comely women to be seen anywhere, Bora Bora is a must.” Travel, 11/99
- frenetic [frə net´ ik]
“There is no place more frenetic than a newspaper office when a major story is breaking.” Herbert Brucker, Journalist
- artifice [är´ tə fis]
“The successful advertiser will use any artifice to get his message seen.” E. S. Turner, The Shocking History of Advertising
- diversity [də vėr´ sə tē]
“Mr. Oates said this rare document belonged in Queens because it is the center of ethnic diversity for this country.” New York Times, 1/5/00
TODAY’S IDIOM
worth one’s weight in gold—extremely valuable, very useful
The coach said the new star center was worth his weight in gold.
