Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 36 - Day 5

Whether you read a classic novel or a modern one, the one thing they have in common is their use of a rather extensive vocabulary. Don’t be handicapped in your reading—increase your vocabulary by constant study and review.

Review Words

DEFINITIONS

  1. a. open, honest, frank
  2. b. kindness, sympathetic feeling
  3. c. zenith,* pinnacle,* peak
  4. d. wish, envy, want
  5. e. false, treacherous
  6. f. unsophisticated, unworldly
  7. g. fantastic, strange, bizarre*
  8. h. lower, make contemptible
  9. i. a certain form or style in painting or literature
  10. j. repulsive, distasteful
  11. k. plentiful, abundant, ample
  12. l. poverty
  13. m. portray, picture, describe clearly
  14. n. person or thing that represents the best
  15. o. morally bad, disagreeable, offensive
  16. p. physical or mental skill
  17. q. passionately, violently, eagerly
  18. r. charm, win confidence
  19. s. forgivable, pardonable
  20. t. disgraceful, humiliating
  21. u. keep up courage, stand up to trouble
  22. v. to give maximum punishment
  23. w. solid, firm land
  24. x. the highest happiness or delight

REVIEW WORDS

  1. acme __________
  2. candid __________
  3. compassion __________
  4. copious __________
  5. covet __________
  6. degrade __________
  7. depict __________
  8. dexterity __________
  9. epitome __________
  10. genre __________
  11. grotesque __________
  12. ignominious __________
  13. ingratiate __________
  14. naïve __________
  15. penury __________
  16. perfidious __________
  17. repugnant __________
  18. unsavory __________
  19. vehemently __________
  20. venial __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. to throw the book at someone __________
  2. in seventh heaven __________
  3. terra firma __________
  4. keep a stiff upper lip __________

Review incorrect words.

SENSIBLE SENTENCES? (From Weeks 33–36)

Choose the word that makes sense in each of the sentences below.

  1. We tried to (deter, divulge) him but he was determined to submit to open heart surgery.
    • deter
    • divulge
  2. The reporter lost his job when he labeled the senator’s remarks as (unmitigated, asinine).
    • unmitigated
    • asinine
  3. Freddie had the (effrontery, propensity) to ask Robin for a date after having criticized her appearance.
    • effrontery
    • propensity
  4. Ordinarily, Jonathan was especially neat, but he looked quite (disheveled, fastidious) at the end of our camping trip.
    • disheveled
    • fastidious
  5. After hearing the bad news, the students left the auditorium with (venial, somber) faces.
    • venial
    • somber
  6. My Uncle Robert, who is really conservative about his investments, made money on Wall Street by not being (impetuous, wary).
    • impetuous
    • wary
  7. I knew I could confide in Caryl-Sue because she has a reputation for being (discreet, sanctimonious).
    • discreet
    • sanctimonious
  8. The traitor’s (perfidious, pensive) action resulted in the loss of many lives.
    • perfidious
    • pensive
  9. Our water commissioner was (complacent, flabbergasted) to learn that his own lawn sprinkler had been turned on during the water emergency.
    • complacent
    • flabbergasted
  10. Sophie was accepted by our wide circle of friends because of her (vivacious, tenacious) personality.
    • vivacious
    • tenacious

WORDSEARCH 36

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

1492–1992

We are all aware that 1992 was the year during which there were (1)__________ reminders that it marked the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in this part of the hemisphere. Along with the celebrations and historical reenactments, there was controversy regarding the lives of those who had been here for many centuries before that fateful event.

Historical research shows that it would be extremely (2)__________ to believe that “civilization” began on this continent with Columbus’ arrival. The Native American tribes had formed nations and had come together in an organization known as the Five Nations. They had regulations for governance that were the (3)__________ of self-rule and that became the models on which our Constitution was partly based.

It was to remove the (4)__________ portrayal of the Native American as savage and wild that historians adopted 1992 as the year to (5)__________ them in their true light as members of civilizations worthy of study and respect.

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