Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 5 - Day 4

1. OUR PYRRHIC VICTORY* 5. The dictator’s _____ rules failed to intimidate*

the leaders of the underground.

A) tolerate
Mr. Dorsey summoned a representative group of
B) pernicious
teachers and student leaders to his office in order to 
elicit their reactions to the suspension of the football C) construe
captain. He told them that cheating was a  D) impunity
pernicious disease that could not be tolerated at E) elicit
our school. He loathed* having to discipline Art
Krause so severely, but unless strict measures were 6. Definitions: Match the new words with their
taken, the student body would construe the incident dictionary meanings.
as an open invitation to cheat with impunity. “We
may lose a football game,” the principal said, “but we  
can salvage our self-respect.”
elicit
Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the
following sentences. A) freedom from punishment
B) to make a deduction, to infer
The border guards allowed the doctor to cross
C) to put up with, to bear
the frontier with _____.
D) to draw forth
E) harmful, causing injury
7. pernicious
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A) tolerate
B) pernicious A) freedom from punishment
C) construe B) to make a deduction, to infer
D) impunity C) to put up with, to bear
E) elicit D) to draw forth
2. It isn’t easy to _____ answers from a sleepy E) harmful, causing injury
class on Monday morning.
8. tolerate
A) tolerate
A) freedom from punishment
B) pernicious
B) to make a deduction, to infer
C) construe
C) to put up with, to bear
D) impunity
D) to draw forth
E) elicit
E) harmful, causing injury
3. Dentists appreciate patients who can
_____ pain. 9. construe

A) tolerate A) freedom from punishment

B) pernicious B) to make a deduction, to infer
C) construe C) to put up with, to bear
D) impunity D) to draw forth
E) elicit E) harmful, causing injury

4. She hoped that we would not _____ her decision 10. impunity

to run for office as a thirst for power.
A) freedom from punishment
A) tolerate B) to make a deduction, to infer
B) pernicious C) to put up with, to bear
C) construe D) to draw forth
D) impunity E) harmful, causing injury
E) elicit

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 Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 5 - Day 4

Answer Key:

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

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