Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 34 - Day 5

As an “old hand” at vocabulary-building by the context method, you realize that this is the most natural and effective way. However, you also know that there is work and self-discipline too. You should carry these fine qualities right through life. The words you learn are valuable, the method is equally so.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. stubborn, tough
  2. b. slander, false accusation
  3. c. small amount
  4. d. neglected, untidy
  5. e. location
  6. f. reveal, disclose
  7. g. alternate, shift
  8. h. disorderly clothing or hair
  9. i. superficial appearance, front
  10. j. facial expression of disgust
  11. k. up-to-date
  12. l. unwholesome, foul
  13. m. wakeful watching
  14. n. question
  15. o. as bad as can be, unrelieved
  16. p. out-of-date, obsolete
  17. q. stupid, silly
  18. r. choosy, particular
  19. s. burdensome, unwieldy
  20. t. spacious, large
  21. u. cowardly
  22. v. completely, all the way
  23. w. to imitate or follow the example
  24. x. the real problem or situation

REVIEW WORDS

  1. antiquated __________
  2. asinine __________
  3. au courant __________
  4. calumny __________
  5. commodious __________
  6. cumbersome __________
  7. disheveled __________
  8. divulge __________
  9. façade __________
  10. fastidious __________
  11. fluctuate __________
  12. grimace __________
  13. interrogate __________
  14. noisome __________
  15. pittance __________
  16. site __________
  17. tenacious __________
  18. unkempt __________
  19. unmitigated __________
  20. vigil __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. brass tacks __________
  2. hook, line, and sinker __________
  3. lily-livered __________
  4. to take a leaf out of someone’s book __________

The method of study and learning requires quick review and re-use of difficult words. Start now!

WORDSEARCH 34

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

Women in the Ring

What sport requires the timing of tennis, the energy of aerobics, the stamina of cross-country running, and the physical contact of football? The answer is: boxing. And now that seemingly male spectacle is attracting women. What was once viewed as (1)__________ brutality has been transformed in gymnasiums across the country into the latest form of workout, weight reduction, and energy stimulator.

To suggest that women should not expose themselves to the sharp jabs and powerful uppercuts of boxing because they are the “weaker” sex is (2)__________ . Properly trained by experts, in good shape from punching bags and jumping rope, women can be as (3)__________ in the ring as men.

With women jockeys, race car drivers, hockey goalies, and basketball players, it would require a man with (4)__________ prejudice, if not sheer ignorance, to argue that boxing is solely a man’s sport. Anyone who is (5)__________ with the status of liberated women need not be surprised by their entry into the ring.

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