Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 12 - Day 3

1. FROM LEDGERS TO SCRIPTS 5. After having made the rash* statements, the
senator wished that he could _____ them from
the record.

During the first weeks of the summer, Monte Ziltch A) anathema

didn’t even have time to consider whether he had
B) expunge
made an egregious* mistake. He was too engrossed*
with his work, performing a thousand and one odd C) utopia
jobs around the theater. First there was the opening D) flamboyant
production of A Chorus Line, then two weeks of The E) schism
Fantasticks, followed by a poignant* Diary of Anne
Frank, which did excellent business. All through those 6. Definitions: Match the new words with their
weeks, Monte painted, carried, nailed, collected, ran, meanings.
studied, and perspired. He had expunged all traces
of debits and credits from his mind, burying himself  
in the more flamboyant world of the theater.
Accounting became anathema to him as the schism expunge
 between his present utopia and his former
drudgery* widened. A) split
B) something greatly detested
Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the
C) place of perfection
following sentences.
D) erase
In Lost Horizon a character recoiled* at the E) showy, colorful
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idea of living in a _____.

7. flamboyant

A) split
A) anathema B) something greatly detested
B) expunge C) place of perfection
C) utopia D) erase
D) flamboyant E) showy, colorful
E) schism 8. anathema
2. A pernicious* _____ developed between the two
sisters. A) split
B) something greatly detested
A) anathema C) place of perfection
B) expunge D) erase
C) utopia E) showy, colorful
D) flamboyant 9. schism
E) schism
3. The traitor’s name was _____ in his father’s A) split
domicile.* B) something greatly detested
C) place of perfection
A) anathema
D) erase
B) expunge
E) showy, colorful
C) utopia
10. utopia
D) flamboyant
E) schism A) split
4. Our theatrical pages were inundated* with B) something greatly detested
press releases from the _____ producer. C) place of perfection
D) erase
A) anathema
E) showy, colorful
B) expunge
C) utopia
D) flamboyant
E) schism

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 Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 12 - Day 3

Answer Key:

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

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