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American Literature Final Exam Section 1: Matching
Write the letter of the correct match to the clue words next to each vocabulary word.
1.
f
aesthetic
a. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield
2.
e
adulation
b. to abstain; shun; avoid
3.
j
affable
c. scarcity; lack
4.
m
adamant
d. a natural liking for
5.
r
adumbrate
e. excessive devotion to someone
antithesis
7.
b
eschew
f. characterized by a love of beauty; relating to, involving, or concerned with
pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
g. very skilled; proficient
8.
c
dearth
h. hard to please; characterized by excessive care or delicacy
9.
o
deferential
i. having a similarity or comparability
10.
p
fallacious
j. showing warmth and friendliness
11.
h
fastidious
k. to soothe, calm
12.
a
amenable
l. a total, often ludicrous failure
13.
t
approbation
m.unyielding; impenetrable; unbreakable
14.
l
debacle
n. old-fashioned, out of date
15.
s
aggrandize
o. respectful
16.
n
antiquated
p. deceptive; misleading
17.
k
assuage
q. the direct opposite
18.
d
affinity
r. to outline or sketch; to prefigure; overshadow
19.
g
adept
s. to enlarge; to make something appear greater
20.
i
analogous
t. approval; commendation
6.
q