Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 28 - Day 5

You have been learning how to use many new words by seeing them in a natural situation. Each day’s story is the setting in which you meet the new words. The weekly review enables you to isolate the word and its many meanings. In this way you can reinforce your understanding and word power. At this point you have learned almost 600 words. Keep up the good work.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. susceptible, open to attack
  2. b. exempt from error, right
  3. c. well-matched, harmonious
  4. d. lowest point
  5. e. at the point of death, dying
  6. f. peaceful repose
  7. g. cure-all
  8. h. uproar, confusion
  9. i. harsh sound, discord, dissonance
  10. j. wipe out
  11. k. sober, still, quiet, undisturbed
  12. l. nearness in time and place
  13. m. displeased, unhappy
  14. n. absurd, unreasonable
  15. o. cannot be satisfied
  16. p. utilize, profit by
  17. q. composure, evenness of mind
  18. r. passion for riches, greed
  19. s. hinder, interfere, block
  20. t. admire, respect, honor
  21. u. a costly and useless possession
  22. v. entirely, completely
  23. w. in a dangerous or exposed position
  24. x. something to be proud of

REVIEW WORDS

  1. avarice __________
  2. bedlam __________
  3. cacophony __________
  4. compatible __________
  5. disgruntled __________
  6. equanimity __________
  7. eradicate __________
  8. exploit __________
  9. impede __________
  10. infallible __________
  11. insatiable __________
  12. irrational __________
  13. moribund __________
  14. nadir __________
  15. panacea __________
  16. propinquity __________
  17. revere __________
  18. sedate __________
  19. serenity __________
  20. vulnerable __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. lock, stock, and barrel __________
  2. out on a limb __________
  3. a feather in one’s cap __________
  4. a white elephant __________

Consistent study and use of difficult words will work quickly to bring them into your daily vocabulary.

DOING DOUBLE DUTY (From Weeks 25–28)

Select seven of the twelve words below that can be used as more than one part of speech (for example: noun and verb, noun and adjective). Then compose sentences using each word both ways.

    • 1. hoard
    • 2. revere
    • 3. transient
    • 4. pungent
    • 5. falter
    • 6. sedate
    • 7. sage
    • 8. rebuke
    • 9. paramount
    • 10. obscure
    • 11. exploit
    • 12. senile

WORDSEARCH 28

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

Read My Lips

For many years it has been the goal of computer specialists to perfect a machine that would understand human speech. The problem is that the speaker has to be alone and in a quiet room. Noise will (1)__________ the computer’s ability. In the (2)__________ of a special room, the computer works well.

Now, math wizards are trying to develop a computer that will read lips despite any surrounding (3)__________ . While some of us think it (4)__________ to believe that a computer can read lips, the experiments go on. And there has been some success.

Progress in all aspects of computer science has been so remarkable that we hesitate to rule out any possibility. There is one (5)__________ rule about the world of computers: the seemingly impossible gets done more quickly than we ever imagined.

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