Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 12 - Day 4

1. IRONY FOR MERRYWEATHER 5. Roger’s _____ behavior compounded* the bad

relationship he had already had with his
partner.

At last, Monte’s chance to perform came. He had A) ostentatious

played the timorous Lion in a truncated version of
B) fractious
“The Wizard of Oz,” which the apprentices had
staged. But now there was an open audition to cast C) truncated
the final show of the season. It was to be a jaunty D) timorous
 original comedy, given a summer tryout prior to a E) jaunty
Broadway opening. Monte, who by now had adopted
the stage name of Monte Merryweather, read for the 6. Definitions: Match the new words with their
producers, hoping to get the part of the hero’s  meanings.
fractious landlord. Unfortunately, the competition
was too rough—but the director assigned Monte to a  
less ostentatious part. And so for the first two
weeks in September the stage-struck accountant had timorous
a two-minute, two-line part. What was his role? The
hero’s accountant! A) fearful
B) cut short
Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the
C) sprightly, gay
following sentences.
D) showy
It is frustrating* to have one’s lengthy remarks E) quarrelsome
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printed in _____ form.
7. truncated

A) fearful
A) ostentatious B) cut short
B) fractious C) sprightly, gay
C) truncated D) showy
D) timorous E) quarrelsome
E) jaunty 8. jaunty
2. With his cap set at a _____ angle, the amicable*
sailor strutted down the street. A) fearful
B) cut short
A) ostentatious C) sprightly, gay
B) fractious D) showy
C) truncated E) quarrelsome
D) timorous 9. fractious
E) jaunty
3. In an _____ display of histrionics* the star A) fearful
refused to perform. B) cut short
C) sprightly, gay
A) ostentatious
D) showy
B) fractious
E) quarrelsome
C) truncated
10. ostentatious
D) timorous
E) jaunty A) fearful
4. Under duress* the normally _____ husband was B) cut short
coerced* into demanding a raise. C) sprightly, gay
D) showy
A) ostentatious
E) quarrelsome
B) fractious
C) truncated
D) timorous
E) jaunty

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 Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 12 - Day 4

Answer Key:

1: C 6: A
2: E 7: B
3: A 8: C
4: D 9: E
5: B 10: D

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