Gordon Melvin - Barrons 1100 words you need to know

a bat, trap	j just, enjoy	bull, pull
rage, lace	k kin, talk	dual, sue
jar, farther	l lose, hurl
m mice, cram	v vast, have
b bag, sob	n not, into	w wish, wood
ch chill, such	ng song, ring	y youth, yes
d done, said	z zoo, zest
o rot, cot	zh pleasure, treasure
e met, rest	tow, blow
ease, see	cord, lord	stands for:
er fern, learn	oi toil, boil	a in around
ou mouse, bout	e in waken
f feel, stiff	i in cupid
g gone, big	p pest, cap	o in demon
h him, hold	r red, art	u in brush
s see, best
i inch, pin	sh crush, crash
ivy, hive	t time, act
th this, math
they, booth

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N EW W ORDS voracious
v r shs indiscriminate
in dis krim nit eminent
em nnt steeped
stpt replete
ri plt READING WISELY The youngster who reads voraciously, though indiscriminately, does not necessarily gain in wisdom over the teenager who is more selective in his reading choices. A young man who has read the life story of every eminent athlete of the twentieth century, or a coed who has steeped herself in every social-protest novel she can get her hands on, may very well be learning all there is to know in a very limited area.

But books are replete with so many wonders that it is often discouraging to see bright young people limit their own experiences. Sample Sentences On the basis of the above paragraph, try to use your new words in the following sentences. Occasionally it may be necessary to change the ending of a word; e.g., indiscriminate to indiscriminately. The football game was ________________ with excitement and great plays. The ________________ author received the Nobel Prize for literature. My cousin is so ________________ in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.

After skiing, I find that I have a ________________ appetite. Modern warfare often results in the ________________ killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike. Definitions Now that you have seen and used the new words in sentences, and have the definitions on the tip of your tongue, try to pair the words with their meanings.

voracious	a. of high reputation, outstanding
indiscriminate	b. choosing at random without careful selection
steeped	d. desiring or consuming great quantities
replete	e. soaked, drenched, saturated

T ODAY S I DIOM to eat humble pie to admit your error and apologize After his candidate had lost the election, the boastful campaign manager had to eat humble pie .

N EW W ORDS abound
bound technology
tek nol j prognosticate
prog nos t kt automaton
tom ton matron
m trn W EEK 1 D AY 2 SOLVING THE SERVANT PROBLEM The worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders.

N EW W ORDS abound
bound technology
tek nol j prognosticate
prog nos t kt automaton
tom ton matron
m trn W EEK 1 D AY 2 SOLVING THE SERVANT PROBLEM The worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders.

Yet modern technology progresses so rapidly that what may be todays wild dream may be next years kitchen appliance. A British scientist has prognosticated that within ten years every suburban matron will have her own robot servant. One task this domesticated automaton will not have to contend with will be scouring the oven because even today the newest ranges can be programmed to reduce their own baked-on grime to easily disposed of ashes. Sample Sentences Now that youve seen the words used in context, andhopefullyhave an idea of their meanings, try to use them in the following sentences. Remember that a word-ending may have to be changed. The mayor refused to ________________ as to his margin of victory in the election.

The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by ________________. A clever salesman will always ask a ________________ if her mother is at home. The western plains used to ________________ with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers. Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific ________________. Definitions Test yourself now by matching the new words with the definitions.

abound	a. an older married woman
technology	b. branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
prognosticate	c. a robot; a mechanical person
automaton	d. to exist in great numbers
matron	e. to predict or foretell a future event

T ODAY S I DIOM a pig in a poke an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment The mail order bicycle that my nephew bought turned out to be a pig in a poke, and he is now trying to get his money back.

N EW W ORDS paradox
par doks realm
relm annals
an nlz compound
kom pound tinge
tinj W EEK 1 D AY 3 ITS A MANS WORLD How paradoxical that the worlds greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within womens realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete* with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse.

N EW W ORDS paradox
par doks realm
relm annals
an nlz compound
kom pound tinge
tinj W EEK 1 D AY 3 ITS A MANS WORLD How paradoxical that the worlds greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within womens realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete* with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse.