AmLit Vocab 1-4

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• ingenuity

• minutiae

• labyrinth

• aspiration

heinous

• pleasant

• hard-working

• humorous

• wicked

strong, tough, healthy, powerful

• heinous

• blithe

• robust

• disembodied

If someone wants to reach for the stars, they probably have very high ____________.

• epiphanies

• aspirations

• epitaphs

• labyrinths

vivacious

• energetic

• careful

• intelligent

• friendly

In Hortense Robbins epitaph, it's clear that she thought she was better than the people of Spoon River and looked at them with ________.

• resilience

• ingenuity

• blithe

• disdain

When Thoreau lived in the woods, he had an _________ that we can find the meaning of life in nature.

• aspiration

• embellishment

• epiphany

• epitaph

antonym for blithe

• energetic

• forgiving

• mean

• depressed

synonym for fawn

• criticize

• flatter

• terrify

• slow down

What does it mean that Sarah embellished her prom dress?

• she destroyed it by fire

• she sold it against her wishes

• she auctioned it off at a sale

• she made it more beautiful