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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Satiety 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 /səˈtaɪətɪ/ (noun) the feeling or state of being sated, repleteness, satisfaction, satiation, repletion, fullness, excess, surfeit, capacity, overload, overindulgence, inundation, permeation, soaking, saturation, drenching, wetting, succulence If you’ve ever wondered why you fill up on a bowl of oatmeal but can eat three doughnuts before feeling…
Sage 1100 Words You Need /seɪdʒ/ (adj & noun) an old and experienced person, a wise person, adviser, mentor, guru, elder, wise, a type of plant A sage, in classical philosophy, is someone who has attained wisdom. The term has also been used interchangeably with a ‘good person’, and a ‘virtuous person’. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ Sages…
Frenetic 1100 Words You Need Week 42 Day 2 /frəˈnet.ɪk/ (adj) extremely excited and uncontrolled, frenzied, too fast and energetic, frantic, wild, hectic, feverish, fevered, manic, hyperactive, intense, turbulent, tumultuous, distracted, chaotic, unruly, furious Bitcoin Futures Hit 3-Month High in Frenetic Tuesday Trading January 14 was the best trading day of the year for many…
Encomium 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 3 /en-‘kō-mē-əm/ (noun) a piece of writing or speech that expresses praise, high praise, accolade, tribute, acclaim, acclamation, laudation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, acknowledgement, appreciation, approbation SIX branches of Manorcourt Homecare based in Britain have received encomium from the public, achieving near perfect scores following impartial feedback posted…
Expurgate 1100 Words You Need Week 42 Day 3 /ˈek.spə.geɪt/ (verb) to remove or censor parts of a piece of writing that are considered offensive or unsuitable, bowdlerize, cut, edit, amend, blue-pencil DURING the American Library Association’s recent convention in Los Angeles, the group’s young-adult services division issued a background report that said the three…
Burgeon 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈbɜː.dʒən/ (verb) to start developing or growing quickly, flourish, thrive, prosper, increase rapidly, boom, escalate, expand, swell, snowball, augment, multiply, mushroom, proliferate This thesis analyses eighteenth-century portraiture within the context of ‘norms’ propagated in contemporary prescriptive and fictional literature, ‘norms’ which overlay a heterogeneous reality. The…
Repose 1100 Words You Need /rɪˈpəʊz/ (noun & verb) Noun: a state of rest or relaxation, a state of inactivity, restfulness, sleep, ease, leisure, peace, stillness, tranquility Verb: to rest or lie, take rest, relax, take it easy, stretch out, lounge, recline, lie down So far in this book our self-regulatory pyramid has been in…
Embellish 1100 Words You Need /ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/ (verb) to decorate and make something more beautiful by adding something else to it, beautify, ornament, embroider, elaborate, overdo, gild the lily: Returning with the ultra-feminine cocktail dress this Spring/ Summer 2018, designed in asymmetrical drapery along the waistline, the finely structured dress is embellished with sequins, branches embroideries…
Canard 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 /ˈkæn.ɑːd/ (noun) a deliberately false rumor or report, misrepresentation, hoax, false information, fabricated report, groundless rumor, falsehood, artifice ‘Cartoon’ doesn’t mean that the underlying thing being caricatured is fake or unimportant. Quite to the contrary, most cartoons are built around really emotionally charged truths. And that…
Vexatious 1100 Words You Need /vekˈseɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) difficult to deal with and causing a lot of annoyance, worry or argument, annoying, irritating, upsetting, troublesome, bothersome, exasperating, irksome, aggravating, distressing: This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations. Antonym: placatory, appeasing, soothing Adjective: vexed Adverb: vexatiously Noun: vexation…