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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Two Strings to One’s Bow Two Strings to One’s Bow two or more ways to achieve success or a particular task, increasing the likelihood of achieving something through more than one method or way The salesman had both a real and an online store to sell his products to all potential customers. In other words,…
Fulsome 1100 Words You Need Fulsome 1100 Words You Need /ˈfʊls(ə)m/ (adj) excessive, too extreme, insincere, excessively complimentary, flattering, immoderate, sycophantic, obsequious, lavish, overgenerous, fawning Fulsome has a useful meaning as insincerely gushing, cloying and annoyingly excessive. I’ve written here in the past that this meaning is under siege. Now I’d say it’s on life…
Opulence 1100 Words You Need Opulence 1100 Words You Need /ˈɒpjʊl(ə)ns,ˈɒpjʊləns/ (noun) wealth and riches, affluence, luxury, sumptuousness, prosperity, lavishness, abundance, fortune, so much money Opulence is much more than a collection of assets. It’s a journey fueled by vision, passion, courage and drive, on a constant quest to shift horizons. To reach emotional fulfillment…
Indoctrinate 1100 Words You Need Indoctrinate 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt/ (verb) to teach certain principles, to teach someone or a group of people to accept a set of beliefs uncritically or unconditionally, instill, instruct, program, train, coach, brainwash, propagandize Indoctrination is a large and important issue in (not only moral) education. It is considered…
Scion 1100 Words You Need Scion 1100 Words You Need /ˈsaɪ.ən/ (noun) a young member or child of a rich and famous family, offspring, progeny, younger member of family, last issue, child, heir, descendant, son, daughter, chip off the old block Overall, America’s rich just keep getting richer — thanks in large part to Internet…
Take the wind out of someone’s sails Take the wind out of someone’s sails to frustrate someone by unexpectedly shocking them, make someone feel less confident, belittle, put someone down, humiliate, deflate, devalue, look down on At the same time, I recognize that because leadership is hard and can be personally risky, it is not…
Unabated 1100 Words You Need Unabated 1100 Words You Need /ˌʌn.əˈbeɪ.tɪd/ (adj) without weakening in force or strength, without subsiding, just as forceful as before, undiminished, persistent, unrelieved, relentless, unrestricted, unrelenting, unceasing: Violence against civilians escalated in Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan, Central African Republic and Iraq in 2017. It continued…
Puissant 1100 Words You Need Puissant 1100 Words You Need /ˈpjuːɪs(ə)nt/ (adj) strong and powerful, mighty, vigorous, forceful, potent, forcible, corrosive Corrosive and puissant substances are substances that can damage tissues when they come in contact with them. An example of a corrosive substance is the liquid, hydrochloric acid, an acid used in some toilet…
Sultry 1100 Words You Need Sultry 1100 Words You Need /ˈsʌl.tri/ (adj) (of weather) uncomfortably warm and too humid, hot and damp, hot and humid, baking, oppressive, boiling, scorching, roasting (of women) sexy and sensual, erotic March 1st, the state of the weather and the range of the thermometer precisely the same as on the…
Edifice 1100 Words You Need Edifice 1100 Words You Need /ˈed.ɪ.fɪs/ (noun) a large and impressive building, construction, pile, mansion a system that has been founded and established for a long time, a large or complex structure or organization, network, group, association, society The Manila hotel was a magnificent edifice. Surviving the battles of World…