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 4

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Question 1

JUST BE YOURSELF

Socially, the handicapped person is often treated as a pariah. Most people hold themselves aloof from normal contact with those who are “different.” This social separation propagates* additional feelings of antipathy*. If “normal” individuals would socialize with the handicapped individual, they would learn in a pragmatic way that these are people who happen to have a physical handicap; the handicap does not make them any less human. The iniquity* of assuming that physical superiority equals moral superiority prevents all of us from direct human relationships. As long as there is a vestige of feeling that handicapped people are inferior, then we are all handicapped in one way or another. Under the guise of physical superiority we demonstrate a moral turpitude* that is harmful to all.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in these sentences.

After therapy*, there remained hardly a _____ of his phobia*.

A	pragmatic
B	vestige
C	guise
D	aloof
E	pariah

Question 2

He was stigmatized* as a _____ when he had the audacity* to boast of his nefarious* and sordid* career printing bogus* money.

A	pragmatic
B	vestige
C	guise
D	aloof
E	pariah

Question 3

Although many people say this is a propitious* time to invest in the stock market, there is a tenable* argument for remaining _____ .

A	pragmatic
B	vestige
C	guise
D	aloof
E	pariah

Question 4

In the _____ of maintaining national unity under military rule, there was a paucity* of even innocuous* dissent*.

A	pragmatic
B	vestige
C	guise
D	aloof
E	pariah

Question 5

“You can’t argue with success,” was his _____ reply to derogatory* remarks about a movie star who had only superficial* talent as an actor.

A	pragmatic
B	vestige
C	guise
D	aloof
E	pariah

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their definitions.

pariah

A	manner, appearance, mien*
B	social outcast
C	distant, apart, reserved
D	trace, evidence
E	practical, based on experience

Question 7

aloof

A	manner, appearance, mien*
B	social outcast
C	distant, apart, reserved
D	trace, evidence
E	practical, based on experience

Question 8

pragmatic

A	manner, appearance, mien*
B	social outcast
C	distant, apart, reserved
D	trace, evidence
E	practical, based on experience

Question 9

vestige

A	manner, appearance, mien*
B	social outcast
C	distant, apart, reserved
D	trace, evidence
E	practical, based on experience

Question 10

guise

A	manner, appearance, mien*
B	social outcast
C	distant, apart, reserved
D	trace, evidence
E	practical, based on experience

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NEW WORDS

pariah [pə rī´ ə]

“Apart from the other castes were the outcasts: India’s untouchables, or pariahs.” Barbara Walker, Women’s Encyclopedia

aloof [ə lüf´]

“Greta Garbo held herself so aloof from her co-stars, they felt they had not been introduced.” Alistair Cooke, The Great Movie Stars

pragmatic [prag mat´ ik]

“His conservative approach to investing has made millions of dollars for those who share Warren Buffet’s pragmatic philosophy.” “Master of Berkshire-Hathaway,” Profile of Warren Buffet, New York Times

vestige [ves´ tij]

“They kept at the rescue efforts as long as there was a vestige of hope for the earthquake victims.” TIME, 8/30/99

guise [gīz]

“Freedom is not worth fighting for, if, under its guise, one tries to get as much as he can for himself.” Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Seasoned Timber