Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know » Week 45 - Day 5

Language grows and changes. In “days of yore” there were not nearly as many words in our language as we have today. Within the next 50 years hundreds of new words will be added. Educated and alert individuals make new words part of their vocabulary as quickly as they come into accepted use.

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DEFINITIONS

  1. a. behead
  2. b. shocked, dismayed
  3. c. pale
  4. d. a trifle
  5. e. bandit, robber
  6. f. an agent
  7. g. grim, ill-humored
  8. h. clothing, dress
  9. i. on edge, keyed up, tense
  10. j. strict disciplinarian
  11. k. wishful, pensive,* longing
  12. l. a strong leaning in favor
  13. m. an opening, a split
  14. n. a skilled storyteller
  15. o. inexperienced, youthful
  16. p. excessively fat, fleshy, obese*
  17. q. reflect upon, ponder
  18. r. a shrew, a scolding woman
  19. s. use abusive language, scold
  20. t. strong desire, strong longing
  21. u. the finishing stroke
  22. v. an unchangeable decision has been made
  23. w. to continue to make an issue of something that is over
  24. x. a person used as a tool or dupe

REVIEW WORDS

  1. appalled __________
  2. bagatelle __________
  3. brigand __________
  4. callow __________
  5. corpulent __________
  6. decapitate __________
  7. emissary __________
  8. livid __________
  9. martinet __________
  10. penchant __________
  11. raconteur __________
  12. rail __________
  13. raiment __________
  14. rift __________
  15. ruminate __________
  16. sullen __________
  17. taut __________
  18. termagant __________
  19. wistful __________
  20. yen __________

Idioms

IDIOMS

  1. a cat’s paw __________
  2. the die is cast __________
  3. coup de grâce __________
  4. to flog a dead horse __________

WORDSEARCH 45

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

Henry VIII and British History

Students in the United States should consider themselves lucky when it comes to studying the country’s history. The United States has been a nation for approximately 225 years. We would be (1)__________ if we had to learn as much history as students in Great Britain, for their history goes back some 1,000 years! In that time England has had many interesting and unusual rulers. One who has fascinated us is Henry VIII. Ruling some 450 years ago, he became well known because of his many marriages and his (2)__________ for doing away with some wives who displeased him.

In physical appearance he was unattractive—he was large and (3)__________ . When his first wife could not bear him a son who would be heir to the throne, he divorced her. This caused a break with the Pope who refused to recognize the divorce. Henry VIII sent an (4)__________ to the Pope and renounced Catholicism. He then married Anne Boleyn but decided to (5)__________ her after quickly tiring of her. His third wife died in childbirth, and he divorced his fourth. His fifth, Katherine Howard, was also beheaded. Only his sixth wife was able to live on after Henry’s death in 1547. From this brief history of only one English ruler, it is easy to imagine how much an English history student must learn in order to prepare for an exam. In Henry VIII’s case, one would have to get a “head start.”

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