Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43 - Day 2
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NEW WORDS
- cynic [sin´ ik]
“A cynical view of phone calls or mail offering free merchandise or membership is the safest approach.” Newsweek, 6/7/98
- unctuous [ungk´ chů əs]
“Today’s car salesmen are a far cry from the high-pressured and unctuous ones of the past.” Car and Travel, 9/99
- benevolent [bə nev´ ə lənt]
“My relationship to this land is purely spiritual: It’s a place of absolute silence, absolute benevolence.” Stephen Trimble, Wilderness
- subservient [səb sėr´ vē ənt]
“From the earliest times, including the Bible, women have been counseled to be subservient to men.” Barbara G. Walker, The Women’s Encyclopedia
- iniquity [in ik´ wə tē]
“I lack iniquity Sometime to do me service.” William Shakespeare, Othello
TODAY’S IDIOM
to lay one’s cards on the table—to talk frankly
He knew he was out of his depth* so he laid his cards on the table and asked for assistance.
