Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43 - Day 3

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Question 1

A BETTER WAY

Why is there any question about the propriety* of hiring the physically handicapped? No one who understands their needs can condone* this attitude. The offering of employment should not be considered a largess. There should be no need to vindicate* the hiring of a handicapped person. The only criterion should be what he is capable of doing. If this is the approach, the handicapped worker will not feel he is an encumbrance* to his boss. The employer, on the other hand, will find it conducive* to good work and will not repent his having tried something new just to mollify his conscience. Even for the most mercenary employer, there should be no reticence* in eliciting* the best that is possible from the handicapped worker.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in these sentences.

He felt it would be ignominious* for him to accept any _____ from the charlatan* whose Machiavellian* schemes had made him affluent.*

A	criterion
B	largess
C	mollify
D	repent
E	mercenary

Question 2

Behind the façade* of ostensible* benevolence* there was a _____ streak.

A	criterion
B	largess
C	mollify
D	repent
E	mercenary

Question 3

The platitude, “I know what I like,” is often used to rationalize* our lack of a _____ for things about which we are dubious.*

A	criterion
B	largess
C	mollify
D	repent
E	mercenary

Question 4

When Mother is in a pique* about some infraction* of a rule, it takes all of our dexterity* to _____ her.

A	criterion
B	largess
C	mollify
D	repent
E	mercenary

Question 5

After every election we _____, in a belated* criticism, the apathy* and complacency* of so many people who failed to vote.

A	criterion
B	largess
C	mollify
D	repent
E	mercenary

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their definitions.

largess

A	gift, gratuity*, liberality
B	model, standard, test
C	motivated* by desire for gain, greedy
D	pacify, appease
E	regret, desire to make amends

Question 7

criterion

A	gift, gratuity*, liberality
B	model, standard, test
C	motivated* by desire for gain, greedy
D	pacify, appease
E	regret, desire to make amends

Question 8

repent

A	gift, gratuity*, liberality
B	model, standard, test
C	motivated* by desire for gain, greedy
D	pacify, appease
E	regret, desire to make amends

Question 9

mollify

A	gift, gratuity*, liberality
B	model, standard, test
C	motivated* by desire for gain, greedy
D	pacify, appease
E	regret, desire to make amends

Question 10

mercenary (adj.)

A	gift, gratuity*, liberality
B	model, standard, test
C	motivated* by desire for gain, greedy
D	pacify, appease
E	regret, desire to make amends

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NEW WORDS

largess [lär´ jis]

“A largess universal like the sun, His liberal eye doth give to every one.” William Shakespeare, Henry IV

criterion [krī tir´ ē ən]

“This new product is useful, but the major criterion is its safety.” Car and Travel, 10/99

repent [ri pent´]

“At his court martial, the officer admitted to the charges and repented.” “General Demoted,” Washington Post, 9/2/99

mollify [mol´ ə fī]

“The mayor attempted to mollify his critics by pointing to the increased safety in the city.” New York Daily News, 8/15/99

mercenary [mėr´ sə ner´ ē]

“We all like money . . . but Dickens surpassed most in a mercenary approach to his writings.” G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens

TODAY’S IDIOM

a bolt from the blue—a great surprise

The windfall* from his distant cousin came like a bolt from the blue.

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Barron’s 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 43 – Day 3