Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 9

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 9 - Day 2

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Question 1

BIGOTS* GET PUBLICITY

Today, the blatant bigot, the leader of a lunatic fringe, and the hate-monger, each with his tiny entourage, find it relatively easy to attract publicity. Newspapers give space to the virulent activities of those agitators on the grounds that they are newsworthy. TV producers and radio executives, seeking for sensationalism, often extend a welcome to such controversial characters. “Yes,” said the host of one such program, “we invite bigots, but it is only for the purpose of making them look ridiculous by displaying their inane* policies to the public.” Some civic-minded organizations have answered, however, that the hosts are not always equipped to demolish those guests, and even if they were, the audience would still be exposed to the venom they spew forth.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the following sentences.

The visiting dictator’s ubiquitous* _____ of bodyguards disturbed our tranquil* city.

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 2

Europe’s population was afflicted* by a _____ plague known as the Black Death.

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 3

From each candidate’s headquarters acrimonious* charges would _____ forth daily.

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 4

Clym Yeobright’s mother succumbed* to the _____ of a snake bite.

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 5

With _____ discourtesy the reporters continued to harass* the bereaved family.

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their meanings.

blatant

A	group of attendants
B	disagreeably loud, very showy
C	poison, spite, malice
D	throw up, vomit, eject
E	full of hate, harmful

Question 7

entourage

A	group of attendants
B	disagreeably loud, very showy
C	poison, spite, malice
D	throw up, vomit, eject
E	full of hate, harmful

Question 8

virulent

A	group of attendants
B	disagreeably loud, very showy
C	poison, spite, malice
D	throw up, vomit, eject
E	full of hate, harmful

Question 9

venom

A	group of attendants
B	disagreeably loud, very showy
C	poison, spite, malice
D	throw up, vomit, eject
E	full of hate, harmful

Question 10

spew

A	group of attendants
B	disagreeably loud, very showy
C	poison, spite, malice
D	throw up, vomit, eject
E	full of hate, harmful

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NEW WORDS

blatant [blāt´ nt]

“It’s a classic blatant pyramid scheme.” Robert Hanley, “Gifting Club,” New York Times, 6/23/99

entourage [än´ tü räzh]

“Sinatra was the greatest but I was never a part of his entourage, his rat pack.” Comedian Buddy Hackett to New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, New York Daily News, 7/14/99

virulent [vir´ yə lent]

“Another part of my hope was for communities of people of colour that, for the most part, have been virulently homophobic.” Mark Haslam, “When Bigotry Kills,” Globe and Mail, Toronto, 3/5/99

venom [ven´ əm]

“The point envenom’d too! Then, venom, do thy work.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet

spew [spyü]

“It was obvious as the miles of electronic tape began to spew out the new patterns of American life that the census was to be of historic dimension.” Theodore H. White, The Making of the President