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 1 Explanation:

An entourage is a group of attendants or followers who go everywhere with an important person. The clue is of bodyguards: the dictator travels with a group of guards. In the passage, each bigot has his tiny entourage.

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 2 Explanation:

Virulent means extremely harmful or deadly. It is often used for diseases (a virulent plague, a virulent virus) and also for strong hatred (virulent attacks). The Black Death killed millions, so it was a virulent plague. Not blatant, because that means obvious or showy, not deadly.

Question 3

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

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 3 Explanation:

Spew forth means to pour out or throw out in large amounts, usually something unpleasant. Here the angry (acrimonious) charges pour out of the headquarters every day. The gap needs a verb after would, and spew is the only verb among the options.

Question 4

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

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 4 Explanation:

Venom is the poison that some snakes, spiders and insects inject when they bite or sting. The clue is a snake bite: the mother died (succumbed) from the poison. Venom can also mean spite or malice, as in the passage: the venom they spew forth.

Question 5

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

A	venom
B	entourage
C	blatant
D	virulent
E	spew

Question 5 Explanation:

Blatant means very obvious and shameless, done openly without trying to hide it. The reporters were openly rude to a grieving family, so it was blatant discourtesy. Not virulent, which means deadly or full of hate and does not collocate naturally with discourtesy.

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 6 Explanation:

Blatant means disagreeably loud, very showy, or obvious in an offensive way. Example: a blatant lie (a lie that is not even hidden).

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 7 Explanation:

An entourage is a group of attendants or followers around an important person. Example: The singer arrived with her entourage of assistants and security guards.

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 8 Explanation:

Virulent means full of hate, or very harmful and dangerous. Example: a virulent disease; a virulent attack on the newspaper.

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 9 Explanation:

Venom means poison, such as the poison of a snake, and also strong spite or malice. Example: She spoke with venom about her former boss. Not throw up, vomit, eject, which is the meaning of spew.

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

Question 10 Explanation:

Spew means to throw up, vomit, or eject something in a fast stream. Example: The volcano spewed lava. In the passage, bigots spew forth venom, meaning they pour out hateful words.

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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