Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 27 - Day 5

Another week to build your vocabulary. Words stand for “things.” The more “things” you can recognize, the better able you are to deal with the complicated and changing world. New and unusual situations are more easily handled by those who can utilize the largest number of “things” we call words.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. reach the highest point
  2. b. inflexible, unyielding
  3. c. triumphant joy
  4. d. looking backward
  5. e. peak, crown, summit
  6. f. a conceited, vain person
  7. g. bind, limit, squeeze
  8. h. biting, burning
  9. i. insulting, abusive speech
  10. j. system, arrangement
  11. k. modesty, meekness, humbleness
  12. l. phenomenon, marvel
  13. m. stain, soil, dim the reputation
  14. n. sharply stimulating
  15. o. deprived of
  16. p. bulky, large
  17. q. hesitate, waver, stumble
  18. r. eager, passionate
  19. s. firmly established, habitual
  20. t. unclear, unknown, lowly
  21. u. to be well prepared
  22. v. to cause great enthusiasm
  23. w. to make a beginning
  24. x. to do a fair share of the work

REVIEW WORDS

  1. adamant __________
  2. ardent __________
  3. array __________
  4. bereft __________
  5. besmirch __________
  6. constrict __________
  7. culminate __________
  8. egotist __________
  9. exultation __________
  10. falter __________
  11. humility __________
  12. invective __________
  13. inveterate __________
  14. obscure __________
  15. pinnacle __________
  16. prodigy __________
  17. pungent __________
  18. retrospect __________
  19. vitriolic __________
  20. voluminous __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. to break the ice __________
  2. to pull one’s own weight __________
  3. to bring down the house __________
  4. loaded for bear __________

A word missed can now be made part of your vocabulary quite easily. Review the paragraph, sample sentence, definition, and then write your own sentence using the word.

WORDSEARCH 27

Using the clues listed below, record separately using one of the new words you learned this week for each blank in the following story.

Clues
  1. 3rd Day
  2. 1st Day
  3. 1st Day
  4. 1st Day
  5. 2nd Day

Hot Enough For You?

In (1)__________ the year 1990 was a year of record high temperatures across the United States. The cause of this problem is complex. There are many proposed explanations, from an increase of population to the greenhouse effect. If, in fact, temperatures are continuing to rise as a result of human activity, there should be an (2)__________ search for the causes and the cures.

Scientists are looking into even the most (3)__________ aspects of modern society to determine what might be the long-range effects of our activities. They hope that investigations will (4)__________ in a program to change the harmful ways we contribute to a dangerous trend.

A small increase in the earth’s temperature will lead to major difficulties for everyone. We should not (5)__________ in our efforts to avoid such disasters.

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