1100 Words You Need to Know has been one of the top-rated and best-selling vocabulary books in the market for over 4 decades published by Barron’s Educational Series and written by Murray Bromberg and Melvin Gordon. This advanced vocabulary book helps you to learn advanced academic words and idioms in context with answer keys by the end of the book. Many students and SAT / ACT candidates have been satisfied with this book and its various sections, especially analogy exercises in real context, such as novels, magazines, TV shows, etc.
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Bias 1100 Words You Need Bias 1100 Words You Need /ˈbaɪ.əs/ (noun & verb) Noun: a personal tendency to approve or disapprove of someone or something illogically, preference, partiality, prejudice, unfairness, favoritism, predisposition, preconception, prejudgment Verb: to have an influence on someone or something unjustly, persuade, prejudice, show a preference for, favor Gender bias typically…
Valor 1100 Words You Need Valor 1100 Words You Need /ˈvæl.əʳ/ (noun) great courage or bravery, temerity, effrontery, audacity, boldness, heroism, fearlessness, spirit, gallantry, pluck, lionheartedness: To recognize degrees of bravery below that honored by the Medal of Honor, several other medals are awarded for gallantry, valor, and heroism. The Pyramid of Honor is a…
Singular 1100 Words You Need Singular 1100 Words You Need /ˈsɪŋ.gjʊ.ləʳ/ (adj) extraordinary and remarkable, noticeable, odd, unusual, peculiar, weird, outstanding (grammar) referring to one thing or person, not plural New categories for 2020: Recognizing singular achievements of various types of entire organizations (for-profit or non-profit, large medium or small, public or private). You have…
Gild the Lily 1100 Words Gild the Lily 1100 Words /gɪld – ðiː -ˈlɪl.i/ (idiom) to spoil the quality of something by trying to make it better while it’s good enough, praise someone extravagantly, to decorate something which is already beautiful, get carried away, overdo it, go too far, over-egg the pudding, go over the…
Stereotype 1100 Words You Need Stereotype 1100 Words You Need /ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/ (noun) Watch this video on YouTube Noun: a clichéd idea or image about someone or something which is wrong most of the time, oversimplified conception, belief, standard, epitome, model, archetype, icon, paradigm Verb: to have a clichéd idea about someone or something, cast, categorize,…
Incisive 1100 Words You Need Incisive 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/ (adj) Watch this video on YouTube quick to understand, insightful, astute, shrewd, well-formulated and clear, intelligent and ingenious, keen, sharp, perceptive, straightforward and clear, frank and outspoken: I recently re-read Nancy Kline’s book “Time to Think”. Her principal theme is that in order to…
Scurry 1100 Words You Need Scurry 1100 Words You Need /ˈskʌr.i/ US /ˈskɝː-/ (noun & verb) verb: to move quickly and briskly with small and fast steps, to move hurriedly, dash, dart, rush, head, hurry, bustle Noun: hurried movement, hurry Up to 5 million passengers scurry around the London Underground every day, and that’s not…
Lethal 1100 Words You Need Lethal 1100 Words You Need /ˈliː.θəl/ (adj) extremely dangerous and causing death, deadly, terminal, killing, fatal, mortal, poisonous, virulent, harmful, toxic, disastrous, ruinous, malignant: Non-lethal weapons, also called less-lethal weapons, are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms.…
Philadelphia Lawyer 1100 Words Philadelphia Lawyer 1100 Words /ˌfɪləˈdelfjə – ˈlɔɪ.əʳ/ (idiom) a shrewd lawyer with great expertise and experience who can help their clients effectively, legal representative, attorney, trial lawyer, public prosecutor, solicitor, barrister The type of theft offense you are accused of committing depends upon the facts of the allegation. To get answers…
Raze 1100 Words You Need Raze 1100 Words You Need /reɪz/ (verb) Watch this video on YouTube to destroy a building or place completely, demolish, tear down, annihilate, flatten, ruin, wreck, lay waste, knock down, devastate: By 4 p.m. Monday, the entire building was razed to the ground and will hopefully be cleaned up entirely…