American Lit Final

Question 1

narrowly enclosed/no air/stuffy

Answer 1

closed

Question 2

state of low spirit/depression

Answer 2

despondency

Question 3

extremely urgent/serious

Answer 3

dire

Question 4

a tension or clash resulting from the combination of 2 disharmonious or unsuitable elements/discord

Answer 4

dissonance

Question 5

clothing

Answer 5

garb

Question 6

sad and pensive

Answer 6

melancholy

Question 7

relating to or expressing penance/contrite

Answer 7

penitential

Question 8

having no power or energy left/exhausted

Answer 8

spent

Question 9

surrounded or filled with a quality/saturate

Answer 9

steep

Question 10

prohibited or restricted by social custom

Answer 10

taboo

Question 11

non self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

Answer 11

abstemious

Question 12

having friendly behavior

Answer 12

amiable

Question 13

of or typical of a despot/tyrannical

Answer 13

despotic

Question 14

saving money

Answer 14

frugal

Question 15

strongly suggest the truth

Answer 15

imply

Question 16

important; famous/eminent

Answer 16

prominent

Question 17

a violent person, especially involved in crime

Answer 17

ruffian

Question 17

of a person’s hair disarranged

Answer 17

ruffled

Question 18

the state of being superior

Answer 18

superiority

Question 19

hold and use a weapon/tool

Answer 19

wield

Question 20

performer of conjuring tricks; a magician

Answer 20

conjurer

Question 21

abnormally thin or weak, especially bc of illness or lack of food/enfeebled

Answer 21

emaciated

Question 22

faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support

Answer 22

fidelity

Question 23

engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle

Answer 23

grapple

Question 24

impossible to pass through or enter/impervious

Answer 24

impenetrable

Question 25

unconsciousness

Answer 25

insensibility

Question 26

make or become dry through intense heat

Answer 26

parch

Question 27

tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

Answer 27

quiver

Question 28

the quality of